System Control Method and Apparatus, Controller, And Control System

ABSTRACT

A system control method includes: receiving a control task; randomly selecting a chromosome from an evolution pool according to the control task, and decoding the chromosome to obtain (N+1) ensemble policies, where the chromosome includes (N+1) gene fragments, each gene fragment uniquely corresponds to an ensemble policy, each ensemble policy uniquely corresponds to a preset function, one ensemble policy is used for assigning a weight to a preset function that uniquely corresponds to the ensemble policy, the evolution pool maintains two or more chromosomes, and N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1; performing an ensemble calculation according to weights assigned by the (N+1) ensemble policies, to obtain an ensemble control output; and generating a control signal according to the ensemble control output, where the control signal is used for performing system control. disclosure

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation of International Application No.PCT/CN2016/090520, filed on Jul. 19, 2016, which claims priority toChinese Patent Application No. 201510447521.6, filed on Jul. 27, 2015.The disclosures of the aforementioned applications are herebyincorporated by reference in their entireties.

TECHNICAL FIELD

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the electricity field,and more specifically, to a system control method and apparatus, asystem, and a controller to which the control method is applied.

BACKGROUND

Control theories are successfully applied to many industrial productionprocesses, the aviation field, urban transportation management, and evenenterprise performance management. A complete control system includes acontrol input, a controller, and a controlled object or a controlledprocess. The control input is a state that the controlled object isexpected to be capable of reaching. The controlled object is acontrolled device or process. The controller is a device that acceptsthe control input, generates a control signal by using an algorithm or apolicy, and applies the control signal to the controlled object or thecontrolled process. The control system may be classified into anopen-loop control system (open-loop control system) and a closed-loopcontrol system (closed-loop control system). As shown in FIG. 1, thereis no feedback between an output end and an input end of an open-loopcontrol system, and the open-loop control system has advantages such assimplicity and economy. However, the open-loop control system also hasdisadvantages such as a long response time and poor interferenceimmunity. As feedback is introduced, a closed-loop control systemeffectively overcomes the disadvantages of the open-loop control system.As shown in FIG. 2, a closed-loop control system generates acorresponding control signal by using a deviation obtained by means ofcomparison between a system behavior, that is, a system output, and anexpected behavior, that is, an input, and eliminates the deviation, toachieve an objective of control. Compared with the open-loop controlsystem, a closed-loop control system has advantages such as quickresponsiveness, immunity to interference, and insensitivity to elementcharacteristics. In terms of a feedback principle for closed-loopcontrol, the closed-loop control system has a capability ofself-adjustment, and therefore, has adaptability to some extent.However, in the closed-loop control system, design of a controllerusually depends on accurate system identification of a controlledobject. System identification (system identification) of a controlledobject refers to a parameterized or non-parameterized description of asystem behavior. In the prior art, model parameters of a controlledobject are usually estimated/identified by using a particular method,and then a corresponding controller is designed according to a modelconstructed from these model parameters. The controller obtained byusing the method usually cannot obtain desired control performanceunless the controlled object can be accurately identified. In addition,an excellent control effect can be achieved only when the modelparameters of the controlled object fall within a particular range.However, the estimation/identification of the model parameters of thecontrolled object is a very challenging problem. In an existing systemidentification method, a hypothesis usually needs to be proposed for amodel characteristic, so as to estimate model parameters. For example,in a linear auto regressive-moving average (ARMA) model, it is assumedthat an input and an output of a system satisfy the followingrelationship:

${r(t)} = {{\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{p}{a_{i}{r\left( {t - i} \right)}}} + {\sum\limits_{j = 1}^{q}{\beta_{j}{ɛ\left( {t - j} \right)}}} + {{ɛ(t)}.}}$

Herein, p,q,α_(i),β_(j) are model parameters of the system, and all themodel parameters need to be obtained by means of estimation by using aparticular method. In the model, it is assumed that the relationship islinear, and it is also assumed that the model parameters are fixed anddo not change with time. However, these hypotheses usually hardly holdtrue in a complex control process in reality. In addition, even if thesemodel hypotheses hold true, estimated values usually deviate from truevalues when parameter estimation is performed on a limited data set.Moreover, because the controlled object is usually further affected byexternal disturbance, the model parameters of the system are alsoaffected. As a result, a controller designed based on a model obtainedby means of system identification of a controlled object usually canachieve a desired control effect only in a particular scenario, butcannot adjust a control policy adaptively.

SUMMARY

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a system control methodand apparatus, a system, and a controller, so that a complete anddynamic control system, apparatus, and method are provided for a complexcontrol environment in reality, to improve adaptability of a controlsystem, thereby improving control efficiency.

According to a first aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosureprovides a control system, including a receiver, a genetic evolutionmodule, a control decision ensemble module, N function modules, acontroller, and a controlled object, where

the receiver is configured to receive a control task;

the genetic evolution module is configured to: randomly select achromosome from an evolution pool according to the control task, anddecode the chromosome to obtain (N+1) ensemble policies, where thechromosome includes (N+1) gene fragments, the (N+1) gene fragmentsrespectively include ensemble policies that correspond one-to-one to thecontrol decision ensemble module and the N function modules, theevolution pool maintains two or more chromosomes, and N is a positiveinteger greater than or equal to 1;

the N function modules are configured to perform an ensemble calculationrespectively according to ensemble policies that correspond one-to-oneto the N function modules, to obtain N calculation outputs;

the control decision ensemble module is configured to perform anensemble calculation according to the N calculation outputs and anensemble policy that corresponds one-to-one to the control decisionensemble module, to obtain an ensemble control output; and

the controller is configured to: generate a control signal according tothe ensemble control output, and control the controlled object by usingthe control signal.

With reference to the first aspect, in a first possible implementationmanner of the first aspect, the n^(th) function module of the N functionmodules includes M_(n) algorithms, M_(n) is a positive integer greaterthan or equal to 2, 1≤n≤N, the M_(n) algorithms are used for separatelyand independently implementing a specific function of the functionmodule, and the n^(th) function module is any one of the N functionmodules; and

correspondingly, that the N function modules are configured to performan ensemble calculation respectively according to ensemble policies thatcorrespond one-to-one to the N function modules, to obtain N calculationoutputs includes:

the n^(th) function module is configured to perform an ensemblecalculation on the M_(n) algorithms according to an ensemble policy thatcorresponds one-to-one to the n^(th) function module, to obtain onecalculation output.

With reference to the first possible implementation manner of the firstaspect, in a second possible implementation manner of the first aspect,the n^(th) ensemble policy of the (N+1) ensemble policies thatcorresponds one-to-one to the n^(th) function module includes M_(n)ensemble calculation weighting coefficients, and the M_(n) ensemblecalculation weighting coefficients are used for respectively assigningweights to the M_(n) algorithms included in the n^(th) function module.

With reference to the second possible implementation manner of the firstaspect, in a third possible implementation manner of the first aspect,the n^(th) function module of the N function modules is configured to:

perform calculations respectively according to the M_(n) algorithmsincluded in the n^(th) function module, to obtain M_(n) calculationresults, and perform a weighted ensemble calculation on the M_(n)calculation results according to the M_(n) ensemble calculationweighting coefficients included in the n^(th) ensemble policy, to obtainone calculation output.

With reference to any one of the first possible implementation manner ofthe first aspect to the third possible implementation manner of thefirst aspect, in a fourth possible implementation manner of the firstaspect, if N=1, and n=1, the N function modules are a controlled objectstate estimation/prediction ensemble module; and

the controlled object state estimation/prediction ensemble moduleincludes M₁ first algorithms, where the M₁ first algorithms are used forseparately and independently implementing a function ofestimating/predicting a state of the controlled object.

With reference to any one of the first possible implementation manner ofthe first aspect to the third possible implementation manner of thefirst aspect, in a fifth possible implementation manner of the firstaspect, if N=2, and n=1 or 2, the N function modules are respectively acontrolled object state estimation/prediction ensemble module and anexternal event or interference prediction/classification ensemblemodule;

the controlled object state estimation/prediction ensemble moduleincludes M₁ first algorithms, where the M₁ first algorithms are used forseparately and independently implementing a function ofestimating/predicting a state of the controlled object; and

the external event or interference prediction/classification ensemblemodule includes M₂ second algorithms, where the M₂ second algorithms areused for separately and independently implementing a function ofpredicting or classifying an external event or interference.

With reference to any one of the first aspect or the first possibleimplementation manner of the first aspect to the fifth possibleimplementation manner of the first aspect, in a sixth possibleimplementation manner of the first aspect, the control decision ensemblemodule includes H algorithms, the H algorithms are used for separatelyand independently implementing a function of the control decisionensemble module, and H is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2.

With reference to the sixth possible implementation manner of the firstaspect, in a seventh possible implementation manner of the first aspect,the ensemble policy of the (N+1) ensemble policies that correspondsone-to-one to the control decision ensemble module includes H ensemblecalculation weighting coefficients, and the H ensemble calculationweighting coefficients are used for respectively assigning weights tothe H algorithms included in the control decision ensemble module.

With reference to the seventh possible implementation manner of thefirst aspect, in an eighth possible implementation manner of the firstaspect, the control decision ensemble module is configured to:

perform calculations on the N calculation outputs respectively accordingto the H algorithms included in the control decision ensemble module, toobtain H control outputs; and perform a weighted ensemble calculation onthe H control outputs according to the H ensemble calculation weightingcoefficients included in the ensemble policy that corresponds one-to-oneto the control decision ensemble module, to obtain the ensemble controloutput.

With reference to any one of the first aspect or the first possibleimplementation manner of the first aspect to the eighth possibleimplementation manner of the first aspect, in a ninth possibleimplementation manner of the first aspect, the controller is furtherconfigured to: when the control task ends,

collect a control effect that is obtained according to control of thecontrol signal, where the control effect is measured according to adeviation between an expected control result and an actual controlresult of the control system;

convert the control effect into fitness of the chromosome, where thefitness is used for indicating a probability that an evolution operationis performed on the chromosome; and

send the fitness to the genetic evolution module, so that the geneticevolution module performs an evolution operation on the chromosomeaccording to the fitness, where the evolution operation includes geneticreproduction or genetic crossover.

According to a second aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosureprovides a system control method, where the method includes:

receiving a control task;

randomly selecting a chromosome from an evolution pool according to thecontrol task, and decoding the chromosome to obtain (N+1) ensemblepolicies, where the chromosome includes (N+1) gene fragments, each genefragment uniquely corresponds to an ensemble policy, each ensemblepolicy uniquely corresponds to a preset function, one ensemble policy isused for assigning a weight to a preset function that uniquelycorresponds to the ensemble policy, the evolution pool maintains two ormore chromosomes, and N is a positive integer greater than or equal to1;

performing an ensemble calculation according to weights assigned by the(N+1) ensemble policies, to obtain an ensemble control output; and

generating a control signal according to the ensemble control output,where the control signal is used for performing system control.

With reference to the second aspect, in a first possible implementationmanner of the second aspect, the performing an ensemble calculationaccording to weights assigned by the (N+1) ensemble policies, to obtainan ensemble control output includes:

separately performing calculations according to weights assigned by N ofthe (N+1) ensemble policies, to obtain N calculation outputs; and

performing an ensemble calculation according to the N calculationoutputs and one of the (N+1) ensemble policies other than the N ensemblepolicies, to obtain the ensemble control output.

With reference to the first possible implementation manner of the secondaspect, in a second possible implementation manner of the second aspect,that each gene fragment uniquely corresponds to an ensemble policy, eachensemble policy uniquely corresponds to a preset function, and oneensemble policy is used for assigning a weight to a preset function thatuniquely corresponds to the ensemble policy includes:

objects with weights assigned are M_(n) algorithms, where the M_(n)algorithms are used for separately and independently implementing thepreset function that uniquely corresponds to the ensemble policy; and

each ensemble policy includes M_(n) ensemble calculation weightingcoefficients, where the M_(n) ensemble calculation weightingcoefficients are used for respectively assigning the weights to theM_(n) algorithms, M_(n) is a positive integer greater than or equal to2, 1≤n≤N, and n is used for indicating serial numbers of differentensemble policies.

With reference to the second possible implementation manner of thesecond aspect, in a third possible implementation manner of the secondaspect, the separately performing calculations according to weightsassigned by N of the (N+1) ensemble policies, to obtain N calculationoutputs includes:

performing the following step for the n^(th) ensemble policy of the Nensemble policies: performing a weighted ensemble calculation on theM_(n) algorithms according to the M_(n) ensemble calculation weightingcoefficients, to obtain one calculation output, where the onecalculation output is used for indicating an output of a preset functionthat uniquely corresponds to the n^(th) ensemble policy, and the nthensemble policy is any one of the N ensemble policies.

With reference to any one of the second aspect or the first possibleimplementation manner of the second aspect to the third possibleimplementation manner of the second aspect, in a fourth possibleimplementation manner of the second aspect, after the generating acontrol signal according to the ensemble control output, the methodfurther includes:

collecting a control effect that is obtained according to control of thecontrol signal, where the control effect is measured according to adeviation between an expected control result and an actual controlresult of a control system; and

converting the control effect into fitness of the chromosome, where thefitness is used for indicating a probability that an evolution operationis performed on the chromosome, and the evolution operation includesgenetic reproduction or genetic crossover.

According to a third aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosureprovides a system control method, applied to any one of the first aspectto the ninth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, wherethe method includes:

receiving a control task;

randomly selecting a chromosome from an evolution pool according to thecontrol task, and decoding the chromosome to obtain (N+1) ensemblepolicies, where the chromosome includes (N+1) gene fragments, the (N+1)gene fragments respectively include ensemble policies that correspondone-to-one to a control decision ensemble module and N function modulesin the control system, the evolution pool maintains two or morechromosomes, and N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1;

performing an ensemble calculation respectively according to ensemblepolicies that correspond one-to-one to the N function modules in thecontrol system, to obtain N calculation outputs;

performing an ensemble calculation according to the N calculationoutputs and an ensemble policy that corresponds one-to-one to thecontrol decision ensemble module in the control system, to obtain anensemble control output; and

generating a control signal according to the ensemble control output,and controlling a controlled object by using the control signal.

According to a fourth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosureprovides a system control method, where the method includes:

randomly selecting a chromosome from an evolution pool according to areceived control task;

decoding the chromosome to obtain (N+1) ensemble policies, where thechromosome includes (N+1) gene fragments, each gene fragment uniquelycorresponds to an ensemble policy, each ensemble policy uniquelycorresponds to a preset function, one ensemble policy is used forassigning a weight to a preset function that uniquely corresponds to theensemble policy, the evolution pool maintains two or more chromosomes,and N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1; and

sending the (N+1) ensemble policies.

With reference to the fourth aspect, in a first possible implementationmanner of the fourth aspect, that each gene fragment uniquelycorresponds to an ensemble policy, each ensemble policy uniquelycorresponds to a preset function, and one ensemble policy is used forassigning a weight to a preset function that uniquely corresponds to theensemble policy includes:

objects with weights assigned are M_(n) algorithms, where the M_(n)algorithms are used for separately and independently implementing thepreset function that uniquely corresponds to the ensemble policy; and

each ensemble policy includes M_(n) ensemble calculation weightingcoefficients, where the M_(n) ensemble calculation weightingcoefficients are used for respectively assigning the weights to theM_(n) algorithms, M_(n) is a positive integer greater than or equal to2, 1≤n≤N, and n is used for indicating serial numbers of differentensemble policies.

With reference to the fourth aspect or the first possible implementationmanner of the fourth aspect, in a second possible implementation mannerof the fourth aspect, the method further includes:

receiving fitness, where the fitness is obtained by converting a controleffect, the control effect is measured according to a deviation betweenan expected control result and an actual control result of a controlsystem, the fitness is used for indicating a probability that anevolution operation is performed on the chromosome, and the evolutionoperation includes genetic reproduction or genetic crossover.

According to a fifth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosureprovides a system control method, applied to any one of the first aspectto the ninth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, wherethe method includes:

randomly selecting a chromosome from an evolution pool according to areceived control task;

decoding the chromosome to obtain (N+1) ensemble policies, where thechromosome includes (N+1) gene fragments, the (N+1) gene fragmentsrespectively include ensemble policies that correspond one-to-one to acontrol decision ensemble module and N function modules in the controlsystem, the evolution pool maintains two or more chromosomes, and N is apositive integer greater than or equal to 1; and

sending the (N+1) ensemble policies, so that the control system performsensemble control according to the (N+1) ensemble policies.

According to a sixth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosureprovides a system control method, where the method includes:

receiving an ensemble policy, where the ensemble policy includes Hensemble calculation weighting coefficients, and H is a positive integergreater than or equal to 2;

receiving N calculation outputs, where the N calculation outputs are Ncalculation result outputs that respectively correspond one-to-one to Npreset functions;

performing an ensemble calculation according to the N calculationoutputs and the ensemble policy, to obtain an ensemble control output;and

sending the ensemble control output, where the ensemble control outputis used for generating a control signal, and the control signal is usedfor performing system control.

With reference to the sixth aspect, in a first possible implementationmanner of the sixth aspect, the H ensemble calculation weightingcoefficients are specifically used for respectively assigning weights toH algorithms, and the H algorithms are used for separately andindependently performing calculations to obtain the ensemble controloutput; and

the performing an ensemble calculation according to the N calculationoutputs and the ensemble policy, to obtain an ensemble control outputincludes:

performing calculations on the N calculation outputs respectivelyaccording to the H algorithms, to obtain H control outputs; and

performing a weighted ensemble calculation on the H control outputsaccording to the H ensemble calculation weighting coefficients includedin the ensemble policy, to obtain the ensemble control output.

With reference to the sixth aspect or the first possible implementationmanner of the sixth aspect, in a second possible implementation mannerof the sixth aspect, the method further includes:

feeding back a control effect that is obtained according to control ofthe control signal, where the control effect is measured according to adeviation between an expected control result and an actual controlresult of a control system, the control effect is used for beingconverted into fitness of the chromosome, the fitness is used forindicating a probability that an evolution operation is performed on thechromosome, and the evolution operation includes genetic reproduction orgenetic crossover.

According to a seventh aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosureprovides a system control method, applied to any one of the first aspectto the ninth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, wherethe method includes:

receiving, by a control decision ensemble module, an ensemble policythat corresponds one-to-one to the control decision ensemble module;

receiving, by the control decision ensemble module, N calculationoutputs sent by N function modules in the control system;

performing an ensemble calculation according to the N calculationoutputs and the ensemble policy that corresponds one-to-one to thecontrol decision ensemble module, to obtain an ensemble control output;and

sending the ensemble control output, so that a controller in the controlsystem generates a control signal according to the ensemble controloutput, where the control signal is used for controlling a controlledobject in the control system.

According to an eighth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosureprovides a system control method, where the method includes:

receiving an ensemble control output, where the ensemble control outputis obtained by assigning weights to H algorithms according to H ensemblecalculation weighting coefficients and performing a weighted ensemblecalculation according to the H ensemble calculation weightingcoefficients, the H algorithms are used for separately and independentlyperforming calculations to obtain the ensemble control output, and H isa positive integer greater than or equal to 2;

generating a control signal according to the ensemble control output;and

performing system control by using the control signal.

With reference to the eighth aspect, in a first possible implementationmanner of the eighth aspect, the method further includes:

collecting a control effect that is obtained according to control of thecontrol signal, where the control effect is measured according to adeviation between an expected control result and an actual controlresult of a control system;

converting the control effect into fitness of the chromosome, where thefitness is used for indicating a probability that an evolution operationis performed on the chromosome, and the evolution operation includesgenetic reproduction or genetic crossover; and

sending the fitness.

According to a ninth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosureprovides a system control method, applied to any one of the first aspectto the ninth possible implementation manner of the first aspect, wherethe method includes:

receiving an ensemble control output sent by a control decision ensemblemodule;

generating a control signal according to the ensemble control output;and

controlling a controlled object in the control system by using thecontrol signal.

According to a tenth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosureprovides a control apparatus, where the control apparatus includes agenetic evolution module, and the genetic evolution module is configuredto:

randomly select a chromosome from an evolution pool according to areceived control task;

decode the chromosome to obtain (N+1) ensemble policies, where thechromosome includes (N+1) gene fragments, each gene fragment uniquelycorresponds to an ensemble policy, each ensemble policy uniquelycorresponds to a preset function, one ensemble policy is used forassigning a weight to a preset function that uniquely corresponds to theensemble policy, the evolution pool maintains two or more chromosomes,and N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1; and

send the (N+1) ensemble policies.

With reference to the tenth aspect, in a first possible implementationmanner of the tenth aspect, that each gene fragment uniquely correspondsto an ensemble policy, each ensemble policy uniquely corresponds to apreset function, and one ensemble policy is used for assigning a weightto a preset function that uniquely corresponds to the ensemble policyincludes:

objects with weights assigned are M_(n) algorithms, where the M_(n)algorithms are used for separately and independently implementing thepreset function that uniquely corresponds to the ensemble policy; and

each ensemble policy includes M_(n) ensemble calculation weightingcoefficients, where the M_(n) ensemble calculation weightingcoefficients are used for respectively assigning the weights to theM_(n) algorithms, M_(n) is a positive integer greater than or equal to2, 1≤n≤N, and n is used for indicating serial numbers of differentensemble policies.

With reference to the tenth aspect or the first possible implementationmanner of the tenth aspect, in a second possible implementation mannerof the tenth aspect, the genetic evolution module is further configuredto:

receive fitness, where the fitness is obtained by converting a controleffect, the control effect is measured according to a deviation betweenan expected control result and an actual control result of a controlsystem, the fitness is used for indicating a probability that anevolution operation is performed on the chromosome, and the evolutionoperation includes genetic reproduction or genetic crossover.

According to an eleventh aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosureprovides a system control apparatus, where the apparatus includes acontrol decision ensemble module, and the control decision ensemblemodule is configured to:

receive an ensemble policy, where the ensemble policy includes Hensemble calculation weighting coefficients, and H is a positive integergreater than or equal to 2;

receive N calculation outputs, where the N calculation outputs are Ncalculation result outputs that respectively correspond one-to-one to Npreset functions;

perform an ensemble calculation according to the N calculation outputsand the ensemble policy, to obtain an ensemble control output; and

send the ensemble control output, where the ensemble control output isused for generating a control signal, and the control signal is used forperforming system control.

With reference to the eleventh aspect, in a first possibleimplementation manner of the eleventh aspect, the control decisionensemble module is configured to:

separately assign weights to H algorithms according to the H ensemblecalculation weighting coefficients, where the H algorithms are used forseparately and independently performing calculations to obtain theensemble control output;

perform calculations on the N calculation outputs respectively accordingto the H algorithms, to obtain H control outputs; and

perform a weighted ensemble calculation on the H control outputsaccording to the H ensemble calculation weighting coefficients includedin the ensemble policy, to obtain the ensemble control output.

With reference to the eleventh aspect or the first possibleimplementation manner of the eleventh aspect, in a second possibleimplementation manner of the eleventh aspect, the control decisionensemble module is further configured to:

feed back a control effect that is obtained according to control of thecontrol signal, where the control effect is measured according to adeviation between an expected control result and an actual controlresult of the control system, the control effect is used for beingconverted into fitness of the chromosome, the fitness is used forindicating a probability that an evolution operation is performed on thechromosome, and the evolution operation includes genetic reproduction orgenetic crossover.

According to a twelfth aspect, an embodiment of the present disclosureprovides a controller, where the controller is configured to:

receive an ensemble control output, where the ensemble control output isobtained by assigning weights to H algorithms according to H ensemblecalculation weighting coefficients and performing a weighted ensemblecalculation according to the H ensemble calculation weightingcoefficients, the H algorithms are used for separately and independentlyperforming calculations to obtain the ensemble control output, and H isa positive integer greater than or equal to 2;

generate a control signal according to the ensemble control output; and

perform system control by using the control signal.

With reference to the twelfth aspect, in a first possible implementationmanner of the twelfth aspect, the controller is further configured to:

collect a control effect that is obtained according to control of thecontrol signal, where the control effect is measured according to adeviation between an expected control result and an actual controlresult of a control system;

convert the control effect into fitness of the chromosome, where thefitness is used for indicating a probability that an evolution operationis performed on the chromosome, and the evolution operation includesgenetic reproduction or genetic crossover; and

send the fitness.

According to a thirteenth aspect, an embodiment of the presentdisclosure provides a multi-controller coordination control system,including controllers in R control systems according to any one of thefirst aspect to the ninth possible implementation manner of the firstaspect, where the multi-controller coordination control system furtherincludes:

a coordination control module, configured to: receive elite chromosomesof the R control systems, to obtain R elite chromosomes, where the elitechromosome includes a chromosome, with highest fitness, maintained in anevolution pool of each of the R control systems; sort the R elitechromosomes according to similarities of the R elite chromosomes, toobtain an elite chromosome sorted linked list; and enable a faulttolerance policy when the coordination control module does not receivean elite chromosome of any one of the R control systems within a firstpreset period, where the fault tolerance policy includes: performing,according to the elite chromosome sorted linked list, fault toleranceprocessing on the control system whose elite chromosome is not receivedwithin the first preset period, where R is a positive integer greaterthan or equal to 2.

With reference to the thirteenth aspect, in a first possibleimplementation manner of the thirteenth aspect, after the coordinationcontrol module does not receive an elite chromosome of any one of the Rcontrol systems within the first preset period, the following is furtherincluded:

sending, by the coordination control module, a warning to the controlsystem whose elite chromosome is not received within the first presetperiod, and if the elite chromosome of the control system is still notreceived within a second preset period starting from a moment at whichthe warning is sent, enabling the fault tolerance policy.

With reference to the thirteenth aspect or the first possibleimplementation manner of the thirteenth aspect, in a second possibleimplementation manner of the thirteenth aspect, before the enabling afault tolerance policy, the coordination control module is furtherconfigured to:

determine that a controller in the control system whose elite chromosomeis not received within the first preset period or the second presetperiod encounters a fault; and

determine a cause for the fault of the controller, where the cause forthe fault of the controller includes a software error or a hardwareerror.

With reference to the second possible implementation manner of thethirteenth aspect, in a third possible implementation manner of thethirteenth aspect, if the cause for the fault of the controller is asoftware error, the enabling, by the coordination control module, thefault tolerance policy specifically includes:

obtaining, according to the elite chromosome sorted linked list, anelite chromosome that uniquely corresponds to the faulty controller, andsending the elite chromosome that uniquely corresponds to the faultycontroller to the faulty controller, so as to respond to a systemoperation of the faulty controller.

With reference to the second possible implementation manner of thethirteenth aspect, in a fourth possible implementation manner of thethirteenth aspect, if the cause for the fault of the controller is ahardware error, the enabling, by the coordination control module, thefault tolerance policy specifically includes:

searching for K nearest neighbors according to the elite chromosomesorted linked list, to obtain K controllers that have a control policysimilar to a control policy of the faulty controller; and

enabling the K controllers that have the control policy similar to thecontrol policy of the faulty controller to take over a task of thefaulty controller.

According to the control system provided in the embodiments of thepresent disclosure, an evolution pool maintains two or more chromosomes,when a control task is received, a chromosome is randomly selected fromthe evolution pool and is decoded to obtain (N+1) ensemble policies, anensemble calculation is performed on algorithms in N function modulesaccording to ensemble policies that correspond one-to-one to the Nfunction modules, to obtain N calculation outputs, further, an ensemblecalculation is performed according to the N calculation outputs and anensemble policy that corresponds one-to-one to a control decisionensemble module, to obtain an ensemble control output, and a controlsignal is generated according to the ensemble control output, to performa control operation on a controlled object. The embodiments of thepresent disclosure proposes, by using a theory of genetic evolution,that an evolution pool maintains multiple chromosomes, differentchromosomes may be decoded to obtain different ensemble policies, and acontrol signal is obtained according to an ensemble policy to complete acontrol task, so that a complete and dynamic control system is providedfor a complex control environment in reality, to improve adaptability ofthe control system, thereby improving control efficiency.

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FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an open-loop control system in theprior art;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a closed-loop control system in theprior art;

FIG. 3 is a diagram of a network architecture of a system control methodaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a structural block diagram of a control system according to anembodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a logical process of weight assignmentin a control system according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure;

FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram of a logical process of an ensemblecalculation in a control system according to an embodiment of thepresent disclosure;

FIG. 7 is a schematic diagram of a construction relationship between agene fragment and a chromosome in a control system according to anembodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 8 is another structural block diagram of a control system accordingto an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 9 is still another structural block diagram of a control systemaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 10 is a schematic flowchart of a system control method according toan embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 11 is a further schematic flowchart of a system control methodaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 12 is a schematic diagram of comprehensive presentation of a systemcontrol method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram of a genetic reproduction process ofgenetic evolution in a system control method according to an embodimentof the present disclosure;

FIG. 14 is a schematic diagram of a genetic mutation process of geneticevolution in a system control method according to an embodiment of thepresent disclosure;

FIG. 15 is a schematic diagram of a genetic crossover process of geneticevolution in a system control method according to an embodiment of thepresent disclosure;

FIG. 16 is another schematic flowchart of a system control methodaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 17 is still another schematic flowchart of a system control methodaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 18 is still another schematic flowchart of a system control methodaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 19 is a structural block diagram of a multi-controller coordinationcontrol system according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 20 is a schematic diagram of a working process of amulti-controller coordination control system according to an embodimentof the present disclosure;

FIG. 21 is a schematic diagram of a processing process when a softwareerror occurs in a multi-controller coordination control system accordingto an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 22 is a schematic diagram of a processing process when a hardwareerror occurs in a multi-controller coordination control system accordingto an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 23 is a maintenance diagram of an elite chromosome linked list of amulti-controller coordination control system according to an embodimentof the present disclosure; and

FIG. 24 is a schematic diagram of locating K nearest neighbor elitechromosomes in a multi-controller coordination control system accordingto an embodiment of the present disclosure.

DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS

The following clearly describes the technical solutions in theembodiments of the present disclosure with reference to the accompanyingdrawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure.

When a system control method provided in the present disclosure isapplied to network control, the system control method provided in thepresent disclosure may be deployed and implemented in a datatransmission network 100 shown in FIG. 3. The data transmission network100 includes a central control server 110, a source server 120, anetwork switch 130, a transmission network 140, a client device 150, aprediction server 160, and a training server 170.

The central control server 110 is a core processing device of thetransmission network 100, is separately interconnected to the networkswitch 130, the transmission network 140, the client device 150, theprediction server 160, and the training server 170, and is configured toperform an information exchange, instruction transfer, and network datatransmission with the network switch 130, the transmission network 140,the training server 170 and the prediction server 160. In addition, thesource server 120, the network switch 130, the transmission network 140,the client device 150, the training server 170, and the predictionserver 160 may be connected to each other and exchange information andinstructions according to different service requirements and functionalrequirements. Functions and composition of the devices are described indetail below.

The central control server 110 mainly includes main components such as aprocessor, a memory, and a data interface. The processor completes acorresponding processing function mainly by invoking a processingprogram stored in a storage device. The data interface is mainlyresponsible for data receiving/transmitting between devices inside thecentral control server 110 and between the central control server 110and an external component. The processor may be a general purposeprocessor, a digital signal processor (Digital Signal Processor, DSP),an application specific integrated circuit (Application SpecificIntegrated Circuit, ASIC), a field programmable gate array (FieldProgrammable Gate Array, FPGA) or another programmable logic device, adiscrete gate or transistor logic device, or a discrete hardwarecomponent, and may implement or perform methods, steps and logic blockdiagrams disclosed in the following embodiments of the presentdisclosure. The general purpose processor may be a microprocessor or theprocessor may be any conventional processor or the like. The steps inthe methods disclosed with reference to the embodiments of the presentdisclosure may be directly embodied to be implemented by means ofexecution of a hardware decoding processor, or implemented by means ofexecution of a combination of hardware in a decoding processor and asoftware module. The software module may be located in a storage mediumthat is mature in the art such as a random access memory (Random AccessMemory, RAM), a flash memory, a read-only memory (Read-Only Memory,ROM), a programmable read-only memory or an electrically erasableprogrammable memory, or a register.

The central control server 110 receives, by using the data interface, aroute request reported by the network switch 130, where the routerequest includes to-be-routed information about a current data flow, andsends the information about the current data flow in the route requestto the prediction server 160 by using the data interface. The predictionserver 160 sends length prediction information of the current data flowto the central control server 110 according to the information about thecurrent data flow, a central processing unit of the central controlserver 110 invokes the processing program pre-stored in the memory,determines a type of the current data flow according to the lengthprediction information of the current data flow returned by theprediction server 160, and calculates an optimal transmission pathmatching the type of the current data flow. Subsequently, the centralcontrol server 110 configures a route for the current data flowaccording to the optimal transmission path, and sends the configuredroute to the network switch 130. Moreover, the central control server110 is further configured to: collect, by using the data interface ofthe central control server 110, information, which is reported by thenetwork switch 130, about a historical data flow on which routing isalready completed, and send the information about the historical dataflow to the training server 170.

The source server 120 mainly includes main components such as aprocessor, a memory, and a data interface. The processor is mainlyconfigured to send, by using the data interface, data stored in thememory to the client device 150 by using the network switch 130 and thetransmission network 140.

Main tasks of the network switch 130 are to extract a header of a firstdata packet of a data flow that newly enters the network, that is, acurrent data flow, report the header to the central control server 110,wait and forward a data packet of the current data flow according to theroute calculated and configured by the central control server 110.Moreover, the network switch 130 further collects the information aboutthe historical data flow on which routing is already completed, andreports the information to the central control server 110. Theinformation about the historical data flow includes a pattern vector ofthe historical data flow and a corresponding data length.

The transmission network 140 includes a transmission cable and multiplenetwork nodes, and is mainly configured to transmit data according to aninstruction of the network switch 130.

The client device 150 includes main components such as a processor, amemory, and a data interface. The processor is mainly configured to senda data request of a client to the source server 120 by using the datainterface and the network switch 130, and store, in the memory, datacontent that is sent by the source server 120 by using the networkswitch 130 and the transmission network 140.

The prediction server 160 may be an independent processing device, andincludes, for example, a processor, a memory, and a data interface thatare independent. The processor is mainly configured to invoke aprocessing program stored in the memory to process the information aboutthe current data flow that is received by using the data interface, soas to predict a length of the current data flow, and send informationabout the predicted length to the central control server 110 by usingthe data interface. The information about the current data flow is fromthe central control server 110. Moreover, the prediction server 160 maybe also a working unit attached to the central control server 110, thatis, the prediction server 160 and the central control server 110 share asame memory and a same data interface, but use different processors. Inthis case, data transmission between the prediction server 160 and thecentral control server 110 is completed mainly by using a data businside the central control server 110. Moreover, the prediction server160 may also share a same processor with the central control server 110,and a manner of the sharing may be to perform synchronous (parallelprocessing) or asynchronous (time-division processing) data processingby using different processing resources in the processor, or to performasynchronous (time-division processing) processing by using a sameprocessing resource in the processor. Moreover, the prediction server160 may be also implemented by using a virtual machine, that is, thecentral control server 110 simulates, by using the processor, thememory, and the data interface of the central control server 110 and byinvoking a program stored in the memory, a complete computer system thathas a complete hardware system function and runs in a completelyisolated environment. The computer system may independently complete allwork that the prediction server 160 needs to complete without affectingrunning of the central control server 110. It may be understood that theprediction server 160 may be further simplified into a software programstored in the memory of the central control server 110. The softwareprogram is invoked by the central control server 110 at an appropriatetime, so as to implement a data length prediction function.

The training server 170 may be an independent processing device andincludes main components such as a processor, a memory, and a datainterface. The processor is mainly configured to invoke a trainingprogram stored in the memory to process information about a historicaldata flow to obtain an optimized data length prediction parameter, andsend the optimized data length prediction parameter to the predictionserver 160. The prediction server 160 performs data length predictionaccording to the optimized data length prediction parameter. Moreover,the training server 170 further updates the data length predictionparameter according to the newly obtained information about thehistorical data, thereby ensuring that the prediction server 160 canadjust a predicted result in real time according to a change situationof a network data flow. The training server 170, similar to theprediction server 160, may be also a working unit attached to thecentral control server 110, that is, the training server 170 and thecentral control server 110 share a same memory and a same datainterface, but use different processors. In this case, data transmissionbetween the training server 170 and the central control server 110 iscompleted mainly by using the data bus inside the central control server110. Moreover, the training server 170 may also share a same processorwith the central control server 110, and a manner of the sharing may beto perform synchronous (parallel processing) or asynchronous(time-division processing) data processing by using different processingresources in the processor, or to perform asynchronous (time-divisionprocessing) data processing by using a same processing resource in theprocessor. Moreover, the training server 170 may be also implemented byusing a virtual machine, that is, the central control server 110simulates, by using the processor, the memory, and the data interface ofthe central control server 110 and by invoking a program stored in thememory, a complete computer system that has a complete hardware systemfunction and runs in a completely isolated environment. The computersystem may independently complete all work that the training server 170needs to complete. It can be understood that, the training server 170may be further simplified into a software program stored in the memoryof the central control server 110. The software program is invoked bythe central control server 110 at an appropriate time, so as to optimizethe foregoing data length prediction parameter and update the foregoingdata length prediction parameter in real time.

The foregoing describes a hardware environment in which detection on atype of a network data flow of the present disclosure is implemented.However, it should be noted that, the foregoing hardware environment isnot a unique manner in which the present disclosure is performed, andmay be dynamically adjusted according to hardware resources, and servicerequirements, that is, data transmission requirements. For example, thecentral control server 110, the network switch 130, the predictionserver 160, and the training server 170 are centralized in a datacontrol center, so as to improve processing efficiency.

That is, the method of the present disclosure may be deployed andimplemented based on the foregoing application environment. Thefollowing describes, with reference to the accompanying drawings, acontrol system, a system control method, a system control apparatus, anda controller that are provided in the present disclosure.

Embodiment 1: FIG. 4 is a structural block diagram of a control system300 according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The controlsystem 300 shown in FIG. 4 may be disposed in a physical applicationenvironment shown in FIG. 3 for implementation.

The control system 300 includes a receiver 301, a genetic evolutionmodule 303, a control decision ensemble module 305, N function modules,a controller 307, and a controlled object 309.

The receiver 301 is configured to receive a control task.

The genetic evolution module 303 is configured to: randomly select achromosome from an evolution pool according to the control task, anddecode the chromosome to obtain (N+1) ensemble policies, where thechromosome includes (N+1) gene fragments, the (N+1) gene fragmentsrespectively include ensemble policies that correspond one-to-one to thecontrol decision ensemble module and the N function modules, theevolution pool maintains two or more chromosomes, and N is a positiveinteger greater than or equal to 1.

The N function modules are configured to perform an ensemble calculationrespectively according to ensemble policies that correspond one-to-oneto the N function modules, to obtain N calculation outputs.

The control decision ensemble module 305 is configured to perform anensemble calculation according to the N calculation outputs and anensemble policy that corresponds one-to-one to the control decisionensemble module, to obtain an ensemble control output.

The controller 307 is configured to: generate a control signal accordingto the ensemble control output, and control the controlled object 309 byusing the control signal.

According to the control system 300 provided in this embodiment of thepresent disclosure, an evolution pool maintains two or more chromosomes,when a control task is received, a chromosome is randomly selected fromthe evolution pool and is decoded to obtain (N+1) ensemble policies, anensemble calculation is performed on algorithms in N function modulesaccording to ensemble policies that correspond one-to-one to the Nfunction modules, to obtain N calculation outputs, further, an ensemblecalculation is performed according to the N calculation outputs and anensemble policy that corresponds one-to-one to a control decisionensemble module, to obtain an ensemble control output, and a controlsignal is generated according to the ensemble control output, to performa control operation on a controlled object. This embodiment of thepresent disclosure proposes, by using a theory of genetic evolution,that an evolution pool maintains multiple chromosomes, differentchromosomes may be decoded to obtain different ensemble policies, and acontrol signal is obtained according to an ensemble policy to complete acontrol task, so that a complete and dynamic control system is providedfor a complex control environment in reality.

Based on Embodiment 1, optionally, in this embodiment of the presentdisclosure, the n^(th) function module of the N function modulesincludes M_(n) algorithms, where M_(n) is a positive integer greaterthan or equal to 2, 1≤n≤N, the M_(n) algorithms are used for separatelyand independently implementing a specific function of the functionmodule, and the n^(th) function module is any one of the N functionmodules; and

correspondingly, that the N function modules are configured to performan ensemble calculation respectively according to ensemble policies thatcorrespond one-to-one to the N function modules, to obtain N calculationoutputs includes:

the n^(th) function module is configured to perform an ensemblecalculation on the M_(n) algorithms according to an ensemble policy thatcorresponds one-to-one to the nth function module, to obtain onecalculation output.

For example, when this embodiment provided in the present disclosure isapplied to SDN control, an SDN control system may be divided into anew-data-flow length prediction module, a network state estimation andprediction module, and the like according to functions. These multiplemodules obtained through division for implementing a function of the SDNcontrol system are the N function modules in this embodiment of thepresent disclosure. Usually, a function of a particular function moduleis implemented by means of a calculation of an algorithm or a model inthe function module. In the prior art, an algorithm or a model isusually used to implement a function of a function module. However, acontrolled object in reality is very complex. Any mathematical model hasa model hypothesis and model simplification to some extent, and cannotfully accurately describe a complex physical system. Therefore, in thisembodiment of the present disclosure, M_(n) algorithms are set for eachfunction module, and the algorithm herein may also be a calculationmodel. Because essence of both the calculation model and the algorithmis to implement the function module, the calculation model and thealgorithm are collectively referred to as an algorithm in thisembodiment of the present disclosure, and details are not described. TheM_(n) algorithms are separately and independently used for performingcalculations, so as to implement the function of the function module.Therefore, a disadvantage that a single algorithm cannot accuratelydescribe a function module in a complex physical system is avoided. Thatis, when an algorithm is inaccurate, another algorithm can be used toback up the algorithm, and an ensemble calculation is performed on theM_(n) algorithms according to an ensemble policy that correspondsone-to-one to the function module, to obtain a calculation output of thefunction module. It should be noted that “any one” in “the nth functionmodule is any one of the N function modules” described in thisembodiment of the present disclosure includes the following twomeanings.

1. “Any one” herein indicates each of the N function modules. That is,each of the N function modules includes M_(n) algorithms. Herein, asubscript n of M is used for indicating serial numbers of differentfunction modules. Because a function module is in a one-to-onecorrespondence with an ensemble policy of the function module, n is alsoused for indicating serial numbers of different ensemble policies. In aphysical environment in reality, the serial number may be a carriedidentifier or in any other form that can be used for differentiation.This is not limited herein.

2. “Any one” herein indicates that a solution in which one of the Nfunction modules includes M_(n) algorithms falls within the protectionscope of this embodiment of the present disclosure. For example, one offive function modules includes M_(n) algorithms, and the other fourfunction modules each include only one algorithm. Alternatively, two, orthree, or four of five function modules each include M_(n) algorithms,while the remaining three, or two, or one function modules each includesonly one algorithm. Compared with the first solution, an effect of thesecond solution may not be optimal, but the second solution is disclosedby a protection solution provided in this embodiment of the presentdisclosure, and falls within the protection scope of this embodiment ofthe present disclosure.

Based on the foregoing embodiment, specifically, the n^(th) ensemblepolicy of the (N+1) ensemble policies that corresponds one-to-one to then^(th) function module includes M_(n) ensemble calculation weightingcoefficients, and the M_(n) ensemble calculation weighting coefficientsare used for respectively assigning weights to the M_(n) algorithmsincluded in the n^(th) function module.

The n^(th) function module of the N function modules is configured to:perform calculations respectively according to the M_(n) algorithmsincluded in the n^(th) function module, to obtain M_(n) calculationresults, and perform a weighted ensemble calculation on the M_(n)calculation results according to the M_(n) ensemble calculationweighting coefficients included in the n^(th) ensemble policy, to obtainone calculation output.

For example, as shown in FIG. 5, it is assumed that the function modulein the box on the left is the first function module of the N functionmodules. The function module includes M_(n) algorithms, and eachalgorithm corresponds to one ensemble calculation weighting coefficient.Weights are w₁, w₂, . . . , and w_(M) _(n) shown in the figure. Asubscript 1 in w_(1,M) _(n) in a gene fragment in the bottom rightcorner indicates a serial number of a function module corresponding tothe gene fragment. Referring to FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, weights are assignedto calculation results of the algorithms in the function module by usingthese ensemble calculation weighting coefficients, so as to perform anensemble calculation according to a formula

${y = {\sum\limits_{i = 1}^{M_{n}}{w_{i}{f_{i}(x)}}}},$

to obtain a final output y. It should be noted that the calculationformula herein is only an example, and does not limit this embodiment ofthe present disclosure. It should be noted that different values of ncorrespond to different values of M_(n). For example, a function module1 has M₁ algorithms, and a corresponding ensemble policy includes M₁ensemble calculation weighting coefficients; a function module 2 has M₂algorithms, and a corresponding ensemble policy includes M₂ ensemblecalculation weighting coefficients; the rest may be deduced by analogy,and details are not described. As shown in FIG. 4, w_(0,1) to w_(0,n) inthe bottom right corner are used for indicating a gene fragment thatcorresponds to the function module. This gene fragment includes anensemble policy of the function module, and the ensemble policy includesM_(n) ensemble calculation weighting coefficients.

As shown in FIG. 7, one chromosome includes (N+1) gene fragments, whereN gene fragments are in a one-to-one correspondence with N functionmodules, and one remaining gene fragment corresponds to the controldecision ensemble module 305. A row at the bottom of the figure is usedfor indicating the chromosome, and different short rows at the top areused for indicating different gene fragments, that is, multiple genefragments form a structure of one chromosome.

Based on the foregoing embodiment, optionally, as shown in FIG. 8, ifN=1, and n=1, the N function modules are a controlled object stateestimation/prediction ensemble module; and the controlled object stateestimation/prediction ensemble module includes M₁ first algorithms,where the M₁ first algorithms are used for separately and independentlyimplementing a function of estimating/predicting a state of thecontrolled object.

Optionally, as shown in FIG. 9, if N=2, and n=1 or 2, the N functionmodules are respectively a controlled object state estimation/predictionensemble module and an external event or interferenceprediction/classification ensemble module; the controlled object stateestimation/prediction ensemble module includes M₁ first algorithms,where the M₁ first algorithms are used for separately and independentlyimplementing a function of estimating/predicting a state of thecontrolled object; and the external event or interferenceprediction/classification ensemble module includes M₂ second algorithms,where the M₂ second algorithms are used for separately and independentlyimplementing a function of predicting or classifying an external eventor interference.

Based on all the foregoing embodiments, in this embodiment of thepresent disclosure, the control decision ensemble module includes Halgorithms, the H algorithms are used for separately and independentlyimplementing a function of the control decision ensemble module, and His a positive integer greater than or equal to 2.

The ensemble policy of the (N+1) ensemble policies that correspondsone-to-one to the control decision ensemble module includes H ensemblecalculation weighting coefficients, and the H ensemble calculationweighting coefficients are used for respectively assigning weights tothe H algorithms included in the control decision ensemble module.

The control decision ensemble module is configured to: performcalculations on the N calculation outputs respectively according to theH algorithms included in the control decision ensemble module, to obtainH control outputs; and perform a weighted ensemble calculation on the Hcontrol outputs according to the H ensemble calculation weightingcoefficients included in the ensemble policy that corresponds one-to-oneto the control decision ensemble module, to obtain the ensemble controloutput.

For ease of understanding, for example, when the embodiment provided inthe present disclosure is applied to SDN control, the control decisionensemble module may be specifically a routing decision module. Therouting decision module may implement a routing decision function of therouting decision module by using H different algorithms to respectivelyperform calculations according to the N calculation outputs outputted bythe N function modules, so as to avoid that a single algorithm cannotaccurately describe the routing decision module. Correspondingly, theensemble policy that corresponds one-to-one to the routing decisionmodule includes H ensemble calculation weighting coefficients, which areused for assigning weights to H control outputs that are obtained byseparately and independently performing calculations on the H differentalgorithms according to the N calculation outputs outputted by the Nfunction modules, so as to further perform a weighted ensemblecalculation according to the control outputs and the weights assigned tothe control outputs, to obtain a routing decision result. The routingdecision result is the ensemble control output described in thisembodiment of the present disclosure.

Based on Embodiment 1 and all the foregoing optional embodiments, inthis embodiment of the present disclosure, the controller is furtherconfigured to: when the control task ends, collect a control effect thatis obtained according to control of the control signal, where thecontrol effect is measured according to a deviation between an expectedcontrol result and an actual control result of the control system;convert the control effect into fitness of the chromosome, where thefitness is used for indicating a probability that an evolution operationis performed on the chromosome; and send the fitness to the geneticevolution module, so that the genetic evolution module performs anevolution operation on the chromosome according to the fitness, wherethe evolution operation includes genetic reproduction or geneticcrossover.

Embodiment 2: As shown in FIG. 10, FIG. 10 is a schematic flowchart of asystem control method 900 according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

S901. Receive a control task.

S903. Randomly select a chromosome from an evolution pool according tothe control task, and decode the chromosome to obtain (N+1) ensemblepolicies.

The chromosome includes (N+1) gene fragments, each gene fragmentuniquely corresponds to an ensemble policy, each ensemble policyuniquely corresponds to a preset function, one ensemble policy is usedfor assigning a weight to a preset function that uniquely corresponds tothe ensemble policy, the evolution pool maintains two or morechromosomes, and N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1.

S905. Perform an ensemble calculation according to weights assigned bythe (N+1) ensemble policies, to obtain an ensemble control output.

S907. Generate a control signal according to the ensemble controloutput, where the control signal is used for performing system control.

According to the system control method 900 provided in this embodimentof the present disclosure, a chromosome is randomly selected from anevolution pool according to the control task, the chromosome is decodedto obtain (N+1) ensemble policies, an ensemble calculation is performedaccording to weights assigned by the (N+1) ensemble policies, to obtainan ensemble control output, and further a control signal is generatedaccording to the ensemble control output, to control a controlledobject. This embodiment of the present disclosure proposes, by using atheory of genetic evolution, that an evolution pool maintains multiplechromosomes, different chromosomes may be decoded to obtain differentensemble policies, and a control signal is obtained according to anensemble policy to complete a control task, so that a complete anddynamic system control method is provided for a complex controlenvironment in reality.

Specifically, as shown in FIG. 11, the performing an ensemblecalculation according to weights assigned by the (N+1) ensemblepolicies, to obtain an ensemble control output of S905 includes:

S9051. Separately perform calculations according to weights assigned byN of the (N+1) ensemble policies, to obtain N calculation outputs.

S9052. Perform an ensemble calculation according to the N calculationoutputs and one of the (N+1) ensemble policies other than the N ensemblepolicies, to obtain the ensemble control output.

Based on Embodiment 2 and specific solutions of Embodiment 2, in thisembodiment of the present disclosure, specifically, that each genefragment uniquely corresponds to an ensemble policy, each ensemblepolicy uniquely corresponds to a preset function, and one ensemblepolicy is used for assigning a weight to a preset function that uniquelycorresponds to the ensemble policy includes: objects with weightsassigned are M_(n) algorithms, where the M_(n) algorithms are used forseparately and independently implementing the preset function thatuniquely corresponds to the ensemble policy; and each ensemble policyincludes M_(n) ensemble calculation weighting coefficients, where theM_(n) ensemble calculation weighting coefficients are used forrespectively assigning the weights to the M_(n) algorithms, M_(n) is apositive integer greater than or equal to 2, 1≤n≤N, and n is used forindicating serial numbers of different ensemble policies.

In this embodiment of the present disclosure, M_(n) algorithms are usedfor implementing one preset function, thereby avoiding that a singlealgorithm cannot accurately implement a preset function in a complexphysical system, that is, when an algorithm is inaccurate, anotheralgorithm can be used to back up the algorithm. The weights are assignedto the M_(n) algorithms according to M_(n) ensemble calculationweighting coefficients included in one ensemble policy, and further, anensemble calculation is performed, so as to obtain a calculation outputof the function module.

Optionally, the separately performing calculations according to weightsassigned by N of the (N+1) ensemble policies, to obtain N calculationoutputs includes: performing the following step for the n^(th) ensemblepolicy of the N ensemble policies: performing a weighted ensemblecalculation on the M_(n) algorithms according to the M_(n) ensemblecalculation weighting coefficients, to obtain one calculation output,where the one calculation output is used for indicating an output of apreset function that uniquely corresponds to the n^(th) ensemble policy,and the n^(th) ensemble policy is any one of the N ensemble policies.

Further, optionally, after the generating a control signal according tothe ensemble control output, the method further includes: collecting acontrol effect that is obtained according to control of the controlsignal, where the control effect is measured according to a deviationbetween an expected control result and an actual control result of thecontrol system; and converting the control effect into fitness of thechromosome, where the fitness is used for indicating a probability thatan evolution operation is performed on the chromosome, and the evolutionoperation includes genetic reproduction or genetic crossover.

The method 900 shown in FIG. 10 and FIG. 11 can be implemented in thecontrol system 300 shown in the foregoing embodiment. To avoidrepetition, details are not described herein.

As shown in FIG. 12, comprehensive presentation is provided by using aschematic diagram with reference to Embodiment 1 and all embodimentsattached to Embodiment 1, and Embodiment 2 and all embodiments attachedto Embodiment 2.

1. Perform trigger control equivalent to the control task describedabove.

2. Trigger, by using a trigger task, random selection of a chromosomefrom an evolution pool.

3. Form a control result output, that is, the ensemble control outputdescribed above, according to an ensemble policy that is obtained bydecoding the chromosome.

4. Perform system control by using a control signal that is generatedaccording to the control result output, convert a control effect intofitness of the chromosome, and return the fitness to the evolution pool.

Next time trigger control is received, the foregoing procedure is stillapplied, and gradually, each chromosome in the evolution pool has itsown newest fitness, and details are not described. After a chromosomehas its own newest fitness, a genetic evolution operation may beperformed according to a magnitude of the fitness. A specific operationmethod is described below by using an example.

Before this, genetic evolution needs to be explained first.

A genetic algorithm (Genetic Algorithm) is a computation model forsearching for an optimal solution, and was first proposed in 1975 by anAmerican professor J. Holland enlightened by natural selection andgenetics of Darwinism. The principle of the genetic algorithm is thatstarting from a potential solution set for a to-be-resolved problem, aspecies includes a particular quantity of individuals. Each individualis a chromosome that includes multiple gene fragments. After the firstgeneration of species appears, according to the principle of survival ofthe fittest, the species evolves to have better individuals. A processof evolution mainly includes selection (selection), reproduction(reproduction), mutation (mutation), and genetic crossover (crossover).By means of the foregoing process, a new species of a solution set for aproblem appears. A probability that the foregoing operation occurs isbased on fitness (fitness) of the chromosome. Fitness representssuperiority, of a solution represented by a chromosome, for ato-be-resolved problem. A solution with higher fitness is closer to anoptimal solution. A genetic operation based on a fitness functionembodies the principles of survival of the fittest and natural selectionin the natural world. Different genetic operations are described indetail below.

Selection (Selection):

According to the principle of natural selection, a stronger individualhas a greater probability of survival in an environment. To implementnatural selection, a life cycle (life cycle) of each chromosome isinitialized.

T ₀(s)=c _(t) f(s), where

herein, s indicates a chromosome, T(s) indicates a life cycle of thechromosome, f(s) is fitness of the chromosome, and c_(t)>0, and is anonnegative constant for controlling the life cycle.

In the k^(th) generation (generation) in the evolution pool,

T _(k)(s)=T _(k−1)(s)−1, where

it indicates that a life cycle of the chromosome is shortened by onegeneration cycle. When T_(k)(s)=0, the chromosome is removed from asystem.

Reproduction (Reproduction):

In each generation cycle, there is a particular probability that eachchromosome is reproduced. Reproduction is to reproduce a new chromosomeindividual that is identical with a parent body. According to theprinciple of survival of the fittest, an individual with higher fitnesshas a greater probability of reproduction. It is defined that aprobability that a chromosome is reproduced is:

p _(r)(s)=c _(r) f(s), where

herein, c_(r)>0 and is a nonnegative constant for controlling areproduction probability. If an individual has higher fitness, theindividual accounts for a greater proportion in a species. A process ofreproduction is shown in FIG. 13.

Mutation (Mutation):

To make an algorithm more exploratory in parameter space, the geneticalgorithm provides a method for generating a new solution by means ofmutation. A basic idea of mutation is that in a process of evolution,each chromosome has a particular probability of encountering geneticmutation. Genetic mutation may be that one or more gene values in a genechange. As shown in FIG. 14, this figure shows an example of mutation.

The mutation may occur at a random location. Each bit of a chromosomemay encounter mutation.

To increase diversity of species, all chromosomes are assigned a samemutation probability, as shown below:

p _(m)(s)=c _(m), 0<c _(m)<1

Crossover (Crossover):

Genetic crossover is also an effective method for making an algorithmmore exploratory and achieving survival of the fittest. On one hand,crossover helps create a new chromosome individual, and fitness of thenew chromosome individual may be higher than that of a parent body ofthe new chromosome individual. On the other hand, genetic crossover alsohelps pass gene fragments with good properties on to a next generation.A process of genetic crossover is that two chromosomes exchange genefragments. A specific process may be shown in FIG. 15.

Different genetic crossover probabilities are defined for differentchromosomes. A chromosome with higher fitness has a greater probabilityin having genetic crossover with another chromosome. Such a definitionhelps pass good genes on to the next generation.

p _(x)(s)=c _(x) f(s), where

herein, c_(x)>0, and this controls a value of a probability that achromosome has genetic crossover.

Fitness and how to obtain fitness need to be explained next.

As described above, a control effect is measured according to adeviation between an expected control result and an actual controlresult of the control system, and the fitness is obtained by convertingthe control effect.

Assuming that an expected control result of the control system is u(t),and an actual control result that is obtained by decoding a chromosomeand further completing system control is y(t), the deviation isexpressed as:

e(t)=u(t)−y(t), and

a measurement of the control effect may be expressed as:

ISE = ∫_(i ∈ T_(k))(y(t) − u(t))²dt, orIAE = ∫_(i ∈ T_(k))y(t) − u(t)dt, orITAE = ∫_(i ∈ T_(k))ty(t) − u(t)dt, or

another measurement related to a system state.

A specific operation manner may be:

Step 1: When the system is initialized, assign a same fitness functionto all chromosomes. Therefore, all the chromosomes have a sameprobability that reproduction, mutation, and crossover are performed.

Step 2: After a chromosome is selected from the evolution pool as acontrol policy (by means of decoding, an ensemble policy is obtained andfurther a control signal is obtained), control a controlled object byusing the control signal. When a control task ends, an actual controleffect of the control policy may be obtained, that is, an ISE, an IAE,an ITAE, or the like of the control process is obtained. Based on themeasurement of the control effect, a fitness value of the chromosome iscorrespondingly modified.

Step 3: When a new chromosome individual is obtained throughreproduction of the chromosome, assign a same fitness value to the newchromosome individual.

Step 4: When a new chromosome individual is obtained through mutation orcrossover of the chromosome, assign an initial fitness value to the newchromosome individual.

In this embodiment of the present disclosure, an ordered evolutionoperation mainly includes genetic reproduction and genetic crossover,and it is determined, according to fitness of each chromosome, that anevolution operation of genetic reproduction or genetic crossover is tobe performed on each chromosome in the evolution pool. However, geneticmutation is an unordered motion in the evolution pool, occurs randomly,and is not affected by the fitness.

In conclusion, this embodiment of the present disclosure provides acontrol system and a system control method. By means of ensemblelearning, multiple algorithms (models) are used for a same functionmodule or for implementing a same preset function. This helps improve afault tolerance capability and interference immunity of the system. Aweighting coefficient of the ensemble learning is encoded by using achromosome, and a control policy is explored and thoroughly studied byusing a genetic algorithm, thereby improving adaptability of the system.A particular quantity (greater than or equal to 2) of chromosomes aremaintained in an evolution pool. This helps ensure diversity of controlpolicies. Based on such an adaptability adjustment process, evolutionoperations are performed on different chromosomes based on continuouslyupdated fitness of the different chromosomes, so that there aregradually a larger quantity of better chromosomes (higher fitnessindicating being better) in the evolution pool, and poorer chromosomesare eliminated accordingly, thereby gradually maintaining an eliteevolution pool, and further achieving an optimal system control effect.

For ease of understanding the foregoing control system and systemcontrol method, the control system is applied to a specific scenario forfurther description.

EXAMPLE 1

For example, the application scenario is SDN control.

The present disclosure may be applied to the SDN control.

SDN control may be considered as event trigger control. An event is anew-data-flow route request. A controlled object is an entire network.When a new data flow enters the network, a load pressure is caused tothe network to some extent, and therefore, this may be considered asexternal disturbance. A magnitude of the data flow and a magnitude ofload caused by the data flow to the network may be predicted by using aparticular method. Corresponding control is to select an optimal pathfor the new data flow, and route and forward the new data flow. Aspecific implementation method is as follows.

An SDN control system is divided into a new-data-flow length predictionmodule and a network state estimation and prediction module according tofunctions. Correspondingly, the control decision ensemble module isspecifically: a routing decision module.

A function corresponding to each module described above is implementedby using a different algorithm or model. For example, a functioncorresponding to a data flow length prediction module may be implementedby using an artificial neural network, or Gaussian process regression,or another method. For the network state estimation and predictionmodule, multiple autoregressive models may be used to predictutilization of a link. For the routing decision module, a decision maybe made by using a method such as Q-learning or reinforcement learning.

When there is a new data flow request, a chromosome is selected from anevolution pool, and the chromosome is decoded to obtain multipleensemble policies. An ensemble calculation is performed on multiplealgorithms in different modules according to different ensemblepolicies, to obtain a corresponding ensemble control output, and a newdata flow is routed and forwarded by using a control signal that isgenerated according to the ensemble control output.

An evolution pool is maintained in the system, a chromosome is randomlyselected from the evolution pool, and a genetic operation is performedon a species by using a genetic operator.

When routing is completed on the data flow, a required time is obtained,and fitness of the chromosome is fed back and modified.

Elite chromosomes in the evolution pool are periodically backed up.

EXAMPLE 2

For example, the application scenario is an enterprise businessperformance control system.

The present disclosure may also be applied to enterprise businessperformance control. The enterprise business performance control may beevent trigger control, or may be periodical control. An event may be aneconomic event of an external society. The controlled object is anenterprise business. A means of control is to adjust a supply quantityof commodities or services of an enterprise in different regions toachieve a business indicator. A specific implementation method is asfollows.

An enterprise business performance management system is divided intofunction modules such as an external event effect prediction module anda regional business prediction module according to functions.Correspondingly, the control decision ensemble module is specifically abusiness control module.

In each module, a function corresponding to each module is implementedby using a different algorithm or model. For example, a functioncorresponding to the external event effect prediction module may beimplemented by using an artificial neural network, or Gaussian processregression, or another method. For the regional business predictionmodule, multiple autoregressive models may be used to predict businessesof a next quarter in different regions. For the business control module,for example, a decision may be made, by using a method such asQ-learning or reinforcement learning, on how many resources are to beallocated to a regional business.

When an external event performs trigger control or when a control cyclearrives, a chromosome is selected from an evolution pool, and thechromosome is decoded to obtain a corresponding control policy. Anensemble calculation is performed on multiple algorithms in differentmodules according to different ensemble policies, to obtain acorresponding ensemble control output, and a new data flow is routed andforwarded by using a control signal that is generated according to theensemble control output.

An evolution pool is maintained in the system, a chromosome is randomlyselected from the evolution pool, and a genetic operation is performedon a species by using a genetic operator.

When the control cycle ends, business performance in the cycle may beobtained, and fitness of the chromosome is fed back and modified.

Elite chromosomes in the evolution pool are periodically backed up.

Embodiment 3: This embodiment of the present disclosure provides acontrol method applied to the control system described in Embodiment 1.The method includes: receiving a control task; randomly selecting achromosome from an evolution pool according to the control task, anddecoding the chromosome to obtain (N+1) ensemble policies, where thechromosome includes (N+1) gene fragments, the (N+1) gene fragmentsrespectively include ensemble policies that correspond one-to-one to acontrol decision ensemble module and N function modules in the controlsystem, the evolution pool maintains two or more chromosomes, and N is apositive integer greater than or equal to 1; performing an ensemblecalculation respectively according to ensemble policies that correspondone-to-one to the N function modules in the control system, to obtain Ncalculation outputs; performing an ensemble calculation according to theN calculation outputs and an ensemble policy that corresponds one-to-oneto the control decision ensemble module in the control system, to obtainan ensemble control output; and generating a control signal according tothe ensemble control output, and controlling the controlled object byusing the control signal.

According to the system control method provided in this embodiment ofthe present disclosure, an evolution pool maintains two or morechromosomes, when a control task is received, a chromosome is randomlyselected from the evolution pool and is decoded to obtain (N+1) ensemblepolicies, an ensemble calculation is performed on algorithms in Nfunction modules according to ensemble policies that correspondone-to-one to the N function modules, to obtain N calculation outputs,further, an ensemble calculation is performed according to the Ncalculation outputs and an ensemble policy that corresponds one-to-oneto a control decision ensemble module, to obtain an ensemble controloutput, and a control signal is generated according to the ensemblecontrol output, to perform a control operation on a controlled object.This embodiment of the present disclosure proposes, by using a theory ofgenetic evolution, that an evolution pool maintains multiplechromosomes, different chromosomes may be decoded to obtain differentensemble policies, and a control signal is obtained according to anensemble policy to complete a control task, so that a complete anddynamic control system is provided for a complex control environment inreality.

Embodiment 4: As shown in FIG. 16, FIG. 16 is a schematic flowchart of asystem control method 1000 according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

S1001. Randomly select a chromosome from an evolution pool according toa received control task.

S1003. Decode the chromosome to obtain (N+1) ensemble policies.

The chromosome includes (N+1) gene fragments, each gene fragmentuniquely corresponds to an ensemble policy, each ensemble policyuniquely corresponds to a preset function, one ensemble policy is usedfor assigning a weight to a preset function that uniquely corresponds tothe ensemble policy, the evolution pool maintains two or morechromosomes, and N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1.

S1005. Send the (N+1) ensemble policies.

Optionally, that each gene fragment uniquely corresponds to an ensemblepolicy, each ensemble policy uniquely corresponds to a preset function,and one ensemble policy is used for assigning a weight to a presetfunction that uniquely corresponds to the ensemble policy includes:

objects with weights assigned are M_(n) algorithms, where the M_(n)algorithms are used for separately and independently implementing thepreset function that uniquely corresponds to the ensemble policy; and

each ensemble policy includes M_(n) ensemble calculation weightingcoefficients, where the M_(n) ensemble calculation weightingcoefficients are used for respectively assigning weights to the M_(n)algorithms, M_(n) is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2,1≤n≤N, and n is used for indicating serial numbers of different ensemblepolicies.

Further, optionally, the method further includes: receiving fitness,where the fitness is obtained by converting a control effect, thecontrol effect is measured according to a deviation between an expectedcontrol result and an actual control result of the control system, thefitness is used for indicating a probability that an evolution operationis performed on the chromosome, and the evolution operation includesgenetic reproduction or genetic crossover.

According to the system control method 1000 provided in this embodimentof the present disclosure, a chromosome is randomly selected from anevolution pool according to the control task, the chromosome is decodedto obtain (N+1) ensemble policies, an ensemble calculation is performedaccording to weights assigned by the (N+1) ensemble policies, to obtainan ensemble control output, and further a control signal is generatedaccording to the ensemble control output, to control a controlledobject. This embodiment of the present disclosure proposes, by using atheory of genetic evolution, that an evolution pool maintains multiplechromosomes, different chromosomes may be decoded to obtain differentensemble policies, and a control signal is obtained according to anensemble policy to complete a control task, so that a complete anddynamic system control method is provided for a complex controlenvironment in reality.

Embodiment 5: As shown in FIG. 17, FIG. 17 is a schematic flowchart of asystem control method 1100 according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

S1101. Receive an ensemble policy, where the ensemble policy includes Hensemble calculation weighting coefficients, and H is a positive integergreater than or equal to 2.

S1103. Receive N calculation outputs, where the N calculation outputsare N calculation result outputs that respectively correspond one-to-oneto N preset functions.

S1105. Perform an ensemble calculation according to the N calculationoutputs and the ensemble policy, to obtain an ensemble control output.

S1107. Send the ensemble control output, where the ensemble controloutput is used for generating a control signal, and the control signalis used for performing system control.

Optionally, the H ensemble calculation weighting coefficients arespecifically used for respectively assigning weights to H algorithms,and the H algorithms are used for separately and independentlyperforming calculations to obtain the ensemble control output; and theperforming an ensemble calculation according to the N calculationoutputs and the ensemble policy, to obtain an ensemble control outputincludes: performing calculations on the N calculation outputsrespectively according to the H algorithms, to obtain H control outputs;and performing a weighted ensemble calculation on the H control outputsaccording to the H ensemble calculation weighting coefficients includedin the ensemble policy, to obtain the ensemble control output.

Further, optionally, the method further includes: feeding back a controleffect that is obtained according to control of the control signal,where the control effect is measured according to a deviation between anexpected control result and an actual control result of the controlsystem, the control effect is used for being converted into fitness ofthe chromosome, the fitness is used for indicating a probability that anevolution operation is performed on the chromosome, and the evolutionoperation includes genetic reproduction or genetic crossover.

According to the system control method 1100 provided in this embodimentof the present disclosure, an ensemble calculation is performedaccording to a received ensemble policy and N received calculationoutputs and according to a weight assigned by the ensemble policy, toobtain an ensemble control output, and further a control signal isgenerated according to the ensemble control output, to control acontrolled object. This embodiment of the present disclosure proposes,by using a theory of genetic evolution, that an evolution pool maintainsmultiple chromosomes, different chromosomes may be decoded to obtaindifferent ensemble policies, and a control signal is obtained accordingto an ensemble policy to complete a control task, so that a complete anddynamic system control method is provided for a complex controlenvironment in reality.

Embodiment 6: As shown in FIG. 18, FIG. 18 is a schematic flowchart of asystem control method 1200 according to an embodiment of the presentdisclosure.

S1201. Receive an ensemble control output.

The ensemble control output is obtained by assigning weights to Halgorithms according to H ensemble calculation weighting coefficientsand performing a weighted ensemble calculation according to the Hensemble calculation weighting coefficients, the H algorithms are usedfor separately and independently performing calculations to obtain theensemble control output, and H is a positive integer greater than orequal to 2.

S1203. Generate a control signal according to the ensemble controloutput.

S1205. Perform system control by using the control signal.

Optionally, the method further includes: collecting a control effectthat is obtained according to control of the control signal, where thecontrol effect is measured according to a deviation between an expectedcontrol result and an actual control result of the control system;converting the control effect into fitness of the chromosome, where thefitness is used for indicating a probability that an evolution operationis performed on the chromosome, and the evolution operation includesgenetic reproduction or genetic crossover; and sending the fitness.

According to the system control method 1200 provided in this embodimentof the present disclosure, an ensemble control output is received, andfurther a control signal is generated according to the ensemble controloutput, to control a controlled object. This embodiment of the presentdisclosure proposes, by using a theory of genetic evolution, that anevolution pool maintains multiple chromosomes, different chromosomes maybe decoded to obtain different ensemble policies, and a control signalis obtained according to an ensemble policy to complete a control task,so that a complete and dynamic system control method is provided for acomplex control environment in reality.

The methods 1000, 1100, and 1200 shown in FIG. 16, FIG. 17, and FIG. 18can be implemented in the control system 300 shown in the foregoingembodiment. To avoid repetition, details are not described herein.

Embodiment 7: This embodiment of the present disclosure provides acontrol method applied to the control system described in Embodiment 1,where the control method includes:

randomly selecting a chromosome from an evolution pool according to areceived control task;

decoding the chromosome to obtain (N+1) ensemble policies, where thechromosome includes (N+1) gene fragments, the (N+1) gene fragmentsrespectively include ensemble policies that correspond one-to-one to acontrol decision ensemble module and N function modules in the controlsystem, the evolution pool maintains two or more chromosomes, and N is apositive integer greater than or equal to 1; and

sending the (N+1) ensemble policies, so that the control system performsensemble control according to the (N+1) ensemble policies.

According to the system control method provided in this embodiment ofthe present disclosure, an evolution pool maintains two or morechromosomes, when a control task is received, a chromosome is randomlyselected from the evolution pool and is decoded to obtain (N+1) ensemblepolicies, and the (N+1) ensemble policies are sent, so that the controlsystem performs ensemble control according to the (N+1) ensemblepolicies. This embodiment of the present disclosure proposes, by using atheory of genetic evolution, that an evolution pool maintains multiplechromosomes, different chromosomes may be decoded to obtain differentensemble policies, and a control signal is obtained according to anensemble policy to complete a control task, so that a complete anddynamic control system is provided for a complex control environment inreality.

Embodiment 8: This embodiment of the present disclosure provides acontrol method applied to the control system described in Embodiment 1,where the control method includes:

receiving, by a control decision ensemble module, an ensemble policythat corresponds one-to-one to the control decision ensemble module;

receiving, by the control decision ensemble module, N calculationoutputs sent by N function modules in the control system;

performing an ensemble calculation according to the N calculationoutputs and the ensemble policy that corresponds one-to-one to thecontrol decision ensemble module, to obtain an ensemble control output;and

sending the ensemble control output, so that a controller in the controlsystem generates a control signal according to the ensemble controloutput, where the control signal is used for controlling a controlledobject in the control system.

According to the system control method provided in this embodiment ofthe present disclosure, (N+1) ensemble policies and N calculationoutputs are received, further an ensemble calculation is performedaccording to the N calculation outputs and an ensemble policy thatcorresponds one-to-one to a control decision ensemble module, to obtainan ensemble control output, and a control signal is generated accordingto the ensemble control output, to perform a control operation on acontrolled object. This embodiment of the present disclosure proposes,by using a theory of genetic evolution, that an evolution pool maintainsmultiple chromosomes, different chromosomes may be decoded to obtaindifferent ensemble policies, and a control signal is obtained accordingto an ensemble policy to complete a control task, so that a complete anddynamic control system is provided for a complex control environment inreality.

Embodiment 9: This embodiment of the present disclosure provides acontrol method applied to the control system described in Embodiment 1,where the control method includes:

receiving an ensemble control output sent by a control decision ensemblemodule;

generating a control signal according to the ensemble control output;and

controlling a controlled object in the control system by using thecontrol signal.

According to the system control method provided in this embodiment ofthe present disclosure, an ensemble control output is received, and acontrol signal is generated according to the ensemble control output toperform a control operation on a controlled object. This embodiment ofthe present disclosure proposes, by using a theory of genetic evolution,that an evolution pool maintains multiple chromosomes, differentchromosomes may be decoded to obtain different ensemble policies, and acontrol signal is obtained according to an ensemble policy to complete acontrol task, so that a complete and dynamic control system is providedfor a complex control environment in reality.

Embodiment 10: This embodiment of the present disclosure provides acontrol apparatus, where the apparatus includes a genetic evolutionmodule.

The genetic evolution module is configured to: randomly select achromosome from an evolution pool according to a received control task;decode the chromosome to obtain (N+1) ensemble policies, where thechromosome includes (N+1) gene fragments, each gene fragment uniquelycorresponds to an ensemble policy, each ensemble policy uniquelycorresponds to a preset function, one ensemble policy is used forassigning a weight to a preset function that uniquely corresponds to theensemble policy, the evolution pool maintains two or more chromosomes,and N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1; and send the(N+1) ensemble policies.

Specifically, that each gene fragment uniquely corresponds to anensemble policy, each ensemble policy uniquely corresponds to a presetfunction, and one ensemble policy is used for assigning a weight to apreset function that uniquely corresponds to the ensemble policyincludes: objects with weights assigned are M_(n) algorithms, where theM_(n) algorithms are used for separately and independently implementingthe preset function that uniquely corresponds to the ensemble policy;and each ensemble policy includes M_(n) ensemble calculation weightingcoefficients, where the M_(n) ensemble calculation weightingcoefficients are used for respectively assigning the weights to theM_(n) algorithms, M_(n) is a positive integer greater than or equal to2, 1≤n≤N, and n is used for indicating serial numbers of differentensemble policies.

The genetic evolution module may be further configured to: receivefitness, where the fitness is obtained by converting a control effect,the control effect is measured according to a deviation between anexpected control result and an actual control result of the controlsystem, the fitness is used for indicating a probability that anevolution operation is performed on the chromosome, and the evolutionoperation includes genetic reproduction or genetic crossover.

According to the control apparatus provided in this embodiment of thepresent disclosure, a chromosome is randomly selected from an evolutionpool according to the control task, the chromosome is decoded to obtain(N+1) ensemble policies, an ensemble calculation is performed accordingto weights assigned by the (N+1) ensemble policies, to obtain anensemble control output, and further a control signal is generatedaccording to the ensemble control output, to control a controlledobject. This embodiment of the present disclosure proposes, by using atheory of genetic evolution, that an evolution pool maintains multiplechromosomes, different chromosomes may be decoded to obtain differentensemble policies, and a control signal is obtained according to anensemble policy to complete a control task, so that a complete anddynamic system control apparatus is provided for a complex controlenvironment in reality.

Embodiment 11: This embodiment of the present disclosure provides acontrol apparatus, where the apparatus includes a control decisionensemble module.

The control decision ensemble module is configured to:

receive an ensemble policy, where the ensemble policy includes Hensemble calculation weighting coefficients, and H is a positive integergreater than or equal to 2; receive N calculation outputs, where the Ncalculation outputs are N calculation result outputs that respectivelycorrespond one-to-one to N preset functions; perform an ensemblecalculation according to the N calculation outputs and the ensemblepolicy, to obtain an ensemble control output; and send the ensemblecontrol output, where the ensemble control output is used for generatinga control signal, and the control signal is used for performing systemcontrol.

Further, the control decision ensemble module is configured to:separately assign weights to H algorithms according to the H ensemblecalculation weighting coefficients, where the H algorithms are used forseparately and independently performing calculations to obtain theensemble control output; perform calculations on the N calculationoutputs respectively according to the H algorithms, to obtain H controloutputs; and perform a weighted ensemble calculation on the H controloutputs according to the H ensemble calculation weighting coefficientsincluded in the ensemble policy, to obtain the ensemble control output.

Specifically, the control decision ensemble module is further configuredto: feed back a control effect that is obtained according to control ofthe control signal, where the control effect is measured according to adeviation between an expected control result and an actual controlresult of the control system, the control effect is used for beingconverted into fitness of the chromosome, the fitness is used forindicating a probability that an evolution operation is performed on thechromosome, and the evolution operation includes genetic reproduction orgenetic crossover.

According to the control apparatus provided in this embodiment of thepresent disclosure, an ensemble calculation is performed according to areceived ensemble policy and N received calculation outputs andaccording to a weight assigned by the ensemble policy, to obtain anensemble control output, and further a control signal is generatedaccording to the ensemble control output, to control a controlledobject. This embodiment of the present disclosure proposes, by using atheory of genetic evolution, that an evolution pool maintains multiplechromosomes, different chromosomes may be decoded to obtain differentensemble policies, and a control signal is obtained according to anensemble policy to complete a control task, so that a complete anddynamic system control apparatus is provided for a complex controlenvironment in reality.

Embodiment 12: This embodiment of the present disclosure provides acontroller.

The controller is configured to: receive an ensemble control output,where the ensemble control output is obtained by assigning weights to Halgorithms according to H ensemble calculation weighting coefficientsand performing a weighted ensemble calculation according to the Hensemble calculation weighting coefficients, the H algorithms are usedfor separately and independently performing calculations to obtain theensemble control output, and H is a positive integer greater than orequal to 2; generate a control signal according to the ensemble controloutput; and perform system control by using the control signal.

Further, the controller may be further configured to:

collect a control effect that is obtained according to control of thecontrol signal, where the control effect is measured according to adeviation between an expected control result and an actual controlresult of the control system; convert the control effect into fitness ofthe chromosome, where the fitness is used for indicating a probabilitythat an evolution operation is performed on the chromosome, and theevolution operation includes genetic reproduction or genetic crossover;and send the fitness.

The controller provided in this embodiment of the present disclosurereceives an ensemble control output, and further generates a controlsignal according to the ensemble control output, to control a controlledobject. This embodiment of the present disclosure proposes, by using atheory of genetic evolution, that an evolution pool maintains multiplechromosomes, different chromosomes may be decoded to obtain differentensemble policies, and a control signal is obtained according to anensemble policy to complete a control task, so that a complete anddynamic system control method is provided for a complex controlenvironment in reality.

The control apparatuses described in Embodiment 10, Embodiment 11, andEmbodiment 12 may be included in the control system 300 shown in theforegoing embodiment. To avoid repetition, details are not describedherein.

The control apparatuses described in Embodiment 10, Embodiment 11, andEmbodiment 12 may use the system control methods 900, 1000, 1100, and1200 shown in the foregoing embodiments. To avoid repetition, detailsare not described herein.

Embodiment 13: As shown in FIG. 19, FIG. 19 shows a multi-controllercoordination control system 2000 according to an embodiment of thepresent disclosure.

The coordination control system 2000 includes controllers in R controlsystems according to any one of embodiment 1 or all related embodiments,where the multi-controller coordination control system further includes:

as shown in FIG. 20, a coordination control module 2001, configured to:receive elite chromosomes of the R (which is 3 in an example in thefigure) control systems, to obtain R elite chromosomes, where the elitechromosome includes a chromosome, with highest fitness, maintained in anevolution pool of each of the R control systems; sort the R elitechromosomes according to similarities of the R elite chromosomes, toobtain an elite chromosome sorted linked list; and enable a faulttolerance policy when the coordination control module does not receivean elite chromosome of any one of the R control systems within a firstpreset period, where the fault tolerance policy includes: performing,according to the elite chromosome sorted linked list, fault toleranceprocessing on the control system whose elite chromosome is not receivedwithin the first preset period, where R is a positive integer greaterthan or equal to 2.

Optionally, when the coordination control module does not receive anelite chromosome of any one of the R control systems within the firstpreset period, the coordination control module 2001 may first send awarning to the control system whose elite chromosome is not receivedwithin the first preset period, and if the elite chromosome of thecontrol system is still not received within a second preset periodstarting from a moment at which the warning is sent, enable the faulttolerance policy.

Based on the foregoing solution, further, optionally, before theenabling a fault tolerance policy, the coordination control module 2001is further configured to: determine that a controller in the controlsystem whose elite chromosome is not received within the first presetperiod or the second preset period encounters a fault; and determine acause for the fault of the controller, where the cause for the fault ofthe controller includes a software error or a hardware error.

As shown in FIG. 21, if the cause for the fault of the controller is asoftware error, the enabling, by the coordination control module, thefault tolerance policy specifically includes:

obtaining, according to the elite chromosome sorted linked list, anelite chromosome that uniquely corresponds to the faulty controller, andsending the elite chromosome that uniquely corresponds to the faultycontroller to the faulty controller, so as to respond to a systemoperation of the faulty controller.

As shown in FIG. 22, if the cause for the fault of the controller is ahardware error, the enabling, by the coordination control module, thefault tolerance policy specifically includes:

searching for K nearest neighbors according to the elite chromosomesorted linked list, to obtain K controllers that have a control policysimilar to a control policy of the faulty controller; and

enabling the K controllers that have the control policy similar to thecontrol policy of the faulty controller to take over a task of thefaulty controller.

In a case of a large control system, if a single controller performsprocessing, a huge workload and a time delay are caused. In addition, ifthe single controller encounters an error, the entire control systemencounters a breakdown. Therefore, the present disclosure provides asolution in which the entire control system (that is, themulti-controller coordination control system 2000) is divided intomultiple control subsystems (for example: control system 300). Acontroller is allocated to each control subsystem. Different controllersare coordinated by a controller coordinator (controller coordinator)(that is, the foregoing coordination control module 2001). A controllerin each control subsystem periodically sends elite chromosomes (elitepolicies) and related information about a controlled object to thecontroller coordinator to perform data backup. The controllercoordinator sorts, according to similarities of the elite chromosomes,the elite chromosomes in a form of a linked list (linked list), andmaintains the elite chromosomes. If the controller coordinator does notreceive a data backup from a controller within a particular time period,the controller coordinator sends a warning (warning) to the controller.If the controller coordinator still does not receive any data backupwithin a particular time period, the controller coordinator determinesthat the controller is not reachable (not reachable). The system enablesa fault tolerance policy.

There are generally two possible cases in which the controllerencounters a fault. In one case, a software error or a process erroroccurs. In the other case, a hardware error occurs. For these twodifferent cases of errors, a solution of the present disclosure providesa different system recovery operation. When a controller of a controlsubsystem encounters a software or process error, the controllercoordinator only needs to obtain elite chromosomes and backed up statusinformation of a controlled object of the control subsystem from theelite chromosome linked list, and re-deliver the elite chromosomes andthe backed up status information of the controlled object to the faultysub-controller. When elite chromosomes regenerate a species in theevolution pool, the control subsystem can be restarted.

Specifically, an objective of maintaining an elite chromosome linkedlist is to find K controllers having similar control policies quickly.As shown in FIG. 23, when an elite chromosome linked list is created, aninitial node is a chromosome whose ensemble weight is 1. When a newelite chromosome is added to the linked list, a similarity between thenew elite chromosome and the initial node is calculated. A highersimilarity indicates a shorter distance between the newly added elitechromosome and the initial node. Therefore, all elite chromosomes aresorted according to similarities between the elite chromosomes and theinitial node.

When a controller of a control subsystem encounters a hardware error, alocation of an elite chromosome of the control subsystem is locked upfirst, and then K nearest neighbors of the elite chromosome are found.Controllers corresponding to the K nearest neighbor elite chromosomestake over a control task of the faulty control subsystem.

When an elite chromosome linked list is created, sorting needs to beperformed according to similarities. Each elite chromosome is a weightvector. Therefore, a similarity between elite chromosomes may be definedas a cosine similarity between two vectors.

Assuming that an ensemble weight vector represented by the initial nodeis P₀, and an ensemble weight vector of a new elite chromosome thatneeds to be added is P_(i), a similarity between the two is expressedas:

$s_{0i} = {\frac{P_{0}^{T}P_{i}}{\sqrt{P_{0}^{T}P_{0}}\sqrt{P_{i}^{T}P_{i}}}.}$

When a controller of a control subsystem encounters a hardware error,backup controllers are selected to take over a control task of thecontrol subsystem. As described above, as shown in FIG. 24, an elitechromosome of the control subsystem is located, and then backupcontrollers are selected by finding K nearest neighbors (K nearestneighbors) of the elite chromosome. These backup controllers take overthe control task.

A person of ordinary skill in the art may be aware that, in combinationwith the examples described in the embodiments disclosed in thisspecification, units and algorithm steps may be implemented byelectronic hardware or a combination of computer software and electronichardware. Whether the functions are performed by hardware or softwaredepends on particular applications and design constraint conditions ofthe technical solutions. A person skilled in the art may use differentmethods to implement the described functions for each particularapplication, but it should not be considered that the implementationgoes beyond the scope of the present disclosure.

It may be clearly understood by a person skilled in the art that, forthe purpose of convenient and brief description, for a detailed workingprocess of the foregoing system, apparatus, and unit, reference may bemade to a corresponding process in the foregoing method embodiments, anddetails are not described.

In the several embodiments provided in this application, it should beunderstood that the disclosed system, apparatus, and method may beimplemented in other manners. For example, the described apparatusembodiment is merely an example. For example, the unit division ismerely logical function division and may be other division in actualimplementation. For example, a plurality of units or components may becombined or integrated into another system, or some features may beignored or not performed. In addition, the displayed or discussed mutualcouplings or direct couplings or communication connections may beimplemented by using some interfaces. The indirect couplings orcommunication connections between the apparatuses or units may beimplemented in electronic, mechanical, or other forms.

The units described as separate parts may or may not be physicallyseparate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units,may be located in one position, or may be distributed on a plurality ofnetwork units. Some or all of the units may be selected according toactual needs to achieve the objectives of the solutions of theembodiments.

In addition, functional units in the embodiments of the presentdisclosure may be integrated into one processing unit, or each of theunits may exist alone physically, or two or more units are integratedinto one unit.

When the functions are implemented in the form of a software functionalunit and sold or used as an independent product, the functions may bestored in a computer-readable storage medium. Based on such anunderstanding, the technical solutions of the present disclosureessentially, or the part contributing to the prior art, or some of thetechnical solutions may be implemented in a form of a software product.The software product is stored in a storage medium and includes severalinstructions for instructing a computer device (which may be a personalcomputer, a server, or a network device) or a processor to perform allor some of the steps of the methods described in the embodiments of thepresent disclosure. The foregoing storage medium includes: any mediumthat can store program code, such as a USB flash drive, a removable harddisk, a read-only memory (ROM, Read-Only Memory), a random access memory(RAM, Random Access Memory), a magnetic disk, or an optical disc.

The foregoing descriptions are merely specific embodiments of thepresent disclosure, but are not intended to limit the protection scopeof the present disclosure. Any variation or replacement readily figuredout by a person skilled in the art within the technical scope disclosedin the present disclosure shall fall within the protection scope of thepresent disclosure. Therefore, the protection scope of the presentdisclosure shall be subject to the protection scope of the claims.

1. A control system, wherein the control system comprises a receiver, agenetic evolution module, a control decision ensemble module, N functionmodules, a controller, and a controlled object, wherein the receiver isconfigured to receive a control task; the genetic evolution module isconfigured to: randomly select a chromosome from an evolution poolaccording to the control task, wherein the chromosome comprises (N+1)gene fragments, wherein the (N+1) gene fragments respectively compriseensemble policies that correspond one-to-one to the control decisionensemble module and the N function modules, wherein the evolution poolmaintains two or more chromosomes, and wherein N is a positive integergreater than or equal to 1; and decode the chromosome to obtain (N+1)ensemble policies, the N function modules are configured to perform anensemble calculation respectively according to ensemble policies thatcorrespond one-to-one to the N function modules to obtain N calculationoutputs; the control decision ensemble module is configured to performan ensemble calculation according to the N calculation outputs and anensemble policy that corresponds one-to-one to the control decisionensemble module to obtain an ensemble control output; and the controlleris configured to: generate a control signal according to the ensemblecontrol output; and control the controlled object by using the controlsignal.
 2. The system according to claim 1, wherein an n^(th) functionmodule of the N function modules comprises M_(n) algorithms, whereinM_(n) is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2, wherein 1≤n≤N,wherein the M_(n) algorithms are used for separately and independentlyimplementing a specific function of the function module, and wherein then^(th) function module is any one of the N function modules; and whereinthe N function modules are configured to perform an ensemble calculationrespectively according to ensemble policies that correspond one-to-oneto the N function modules to obtain N calculation outputs comprises: then^(th) function module is configured to perform an ensemble calculationon the M_(n) algorithms according to an ensemble policy that correspondsone-to-one to the n^(th) function module to obtain one calculationoutput.
 3. The system according to claim 2, wherein the n^(th) ensemblepolicy of the (N+1) ensemble policies that corresponds one-to-one to then^(th) function module comprises M_(n) ensemble calculation weightingcoefficients, and wherein the M_(n) ensemble calculation weightingcoefficients are used for respectively assigning weights to the M_(n)algorithms comprised in the n^(th) function module.
 4. The systemaccording to claim 3, wherein the n^(th) function module of the Nfunction modules is configured to: perform calculations respectivelyaccording to the M_(n) algorithms comprised in the n^(th) functionmodule to obtain M_(n) calculation results; and perform a weightedensemble calculation on the M_(n) calculation results according to theM_(n) ensemble calculation weighting coefficients comprised in then^(th) ensemble policy to obtain one calculation output.
 5. The systemaccording to claim 2, wherein if N=1, and n=1, the N function modulesare a controlled object state estimation/prediction ensemble module; andwherein the controlled object state estimation/prediction ensemblemodule comprises M₁ first algorithms, wherein the M₁ first algorithmsare used for separately and independently implementing a function ofestimating/predicting a state of the controlled object.
 6. The systemaccording to claim 2, wherein if N=2, and n=1 or 2, the N functionmodules are respectively a controlled object state estimation/predictionensemble module and an external event or interferenceprediction/classification ensemble module; wherein the controlled objectstate estimation/prediction ensemble module comprises M₁ firstalgorithms, wherein the M₁ first algorithms are used for separately andindependently implementing a function of estimating/predicting a stateof the controlled object; and wherein the external event or interferenceprediction/classification ensemble module comprises M₂ secondalgorithms, wherein the M₂ second algorithms are used for separately andindependently implementing a function of predicting or classifying anexternal event or interference.
 7. The system according to claim 1,wherein the control decision ensemble module comprises H algorithms,wherein the H algorithms are used for separately and independentlyimplementing a function of the control decision ensemble module, andwherein H is a positive integer greater than or equal to
 2. 8. Thesystem according to claim 7, wherein the ensemble policy of the (N+1)ensemble policies that corresponds one-to-one to the control decisionensemble module comprises H ensemble calculation weighting coefficients,and wherein the H ensemble calculation weighting coefficients are usedfor respectively assigning weights to the H algorithms comprised in thecontrol decision ensemble module.
 9. The system according to claim 8,wherein the control decision ensemble module is configured to: performcalculations on the N calculation outputs respectively according to theH algorithms comprised in the control decision ensemble module to obtainH control outputs; and perform a weighted ensemble calculation on the Hcontrol outputs according to the H ensemble calculation weightingcoefficients comprised in the ensemble policy that correspondsone-to-one to the control decision ensemble module to obtain theensemble control output.
 10. The system according to claim 1, whereinthe controller is further configured, when the control task ends, to:collect a control effect that is obtained according to control of thecontrol signal, wherein the control effect is measured according to adeviation between an expected control result and an actual controlresult of the control system; convert the control effect into fitness ofthe chromosome, wherein the fitness is used for indicating a probabilitythat an evolution operation is performed on the chromosome; and send thefitness to the genetic evolution module, wherein the genetic evolutionmodule performs an evolution operation on the chromosome according tothe fitness, wherein the evolution operation comprises geneticreproduction or genetic crossover.
 11. A system control method, whereinthe method comprises: receiving a control task; randomly selecting achromosome from an evolution pool according to the control task, whereinthe chromosome comprises (N+1) gene fragments, wherein each genefragment uniquely corresponds to an ensemble policy, wherein eachensemble policy uniquely corresponds to a preset function, wherein oneensemble policy is used for assigning a weight to a preset function thatuniquely corresponds to the ensemble policy, wherein the evolution poolmaintains two or more chromosomes, and wherein N is a positive integergreater than or equal to 1; decoding the chromosome to obtain (N+1)ensemble policies; performing an ensemble calculation according toweights assigned by the (N+1) ensemble policies to obtain an ensemblecontrol output; and generating a control signal according to theensemble control output, wherein the control signal is used forperforming system control.
 12. The method according to claim 11, whereinthe performing the ensemble calculation according to weights assigned bythe (N+1) ensemble policies to obtain an ensemble control outputcomprises: separately performing calculations according to weightsassigned by N of the (N+1) ensemble policies to obtain N calculationoutputs; and performing an ensemble calculation according to the Ncalculation outputs and one of the (N+1) ensemble policies other thanthe N ensemble policies to obtain the ensemble control output.
 13. Themethod according to claim 12, wherein that each gene fragment uniquelycorresponds to an ensemble policy, wherein each ensemble policy uniquelycorresponds to a preset function, and wherein one ensemble policy isused for assigning a weight to a preset function that uniquelycorresponds to the ensemble policy comprises: objects with weightsassigned are M_(n) algorithms, wherein the M_(n) algorithms are used forseparately and independently implementing the preset function thatuniquely corresponds to the ensemble policy; and each ensemble policycomprises M_(n) ensemble calculation weighting coefficients, wherein theM_(n) ensemble calculation weighting coefficients are used forrespectively assigning the weights to the M_(n) algorithms, whereinM_(n) is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2, wherein 1≤n≤N,and wherein n is used for indicating serial numbers of differentensemble policies.
 14. The method according to claim 13, wherein theseparately performing calculations according to weights assigned by N ofthe (N+1) ensemble policies to obtain N calculation outputs comprises:performing the following step for the n^(th) ensemble policy of the Nensemble policies: performing a weighted ensemble calculation on theM_(n) algorithms according to the M_(n) ensemble calculation weightingcoefficients to obtain one calculation output, wherein the onecalculation output is used for indicating an output of a preset functionthat uniquely corresponds to the n^(th) ensemble policy, and wherein then^(th) ensemble policy is any one of the N ensemble policies.
 15. Themethod according to claim 11, wherein after the generating a controlsignal according to the ensemble control output, the method furthercomprises: collecting a control effect that is obtained according tocontrol of the control signal, wherein the control effect is measuredaccording to a deviation between an expected control result and anactual control result of a control system; and converting the controleffect into fitness of the chromosome, wherein the fitness is used forindicating a probability that an evolution operation is performed on thechromosome, and wherein the evolution operation comprises geneticreproduction or genetic crossover.
 16. A system control method, appliedto a control system comprising a receiver, a genetic evolution module, acontrol decision ensemble module, N function modules, a controller, anda controlled object, wherein the method comprises: receiving a controltask; randomly selecting a chromosome from an evolution pool accordingto the control task, wherein the chromosome comprises (N+1) genefragments, wherein the (N+1) gene fragments respectively compriseensemble policies that correspond one-to-one to the control decisionensemble module and the N function modules in the control system,wherein the evolution pool maintains two or more chromosomes, andwherein N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1; decoding thechromosome to obtain (N+1) ensemble policies; performing an ensemblecalculation respectively according to ensemble policies that correspondone-to-one to the N function modules in the control system to obtain Ncalculation outputs; performing an ensemble calculation according to theN calculation outputs and an ensemble policy that corresponds one-to-oneto the control decision ensemble module in the control system to obtainan ensemble control output; and generating a control signal according tothe ensemble control output; and controlling the controlled object byusing the control signal.
 17. A system control method, wherein themethod comprises: randomly selecting a chromosome from an evolution poolaccording to a received control task, wherein the chromosome comprises(N+1) gene fragments, wherein each gene fragment uniquely corresponds toan ensemble policy, wherein each ensemble policy uniquely corresponds toa preset function, wherein one ensemble policy is used for assigning aweight to a preset function that uniquely corresponds to the ensemblepolicy, wherein the evolution pool maintains two or more chromosomes,and wherein N is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1; decodingthe chromosome to obtain (N+1) ensemble policies; and sending the (N+1)ensemble policies.
 18. The method according to claim 17, wherein thateach gene fragment uniquely corresponds to an ensemble policy, whereineach ensemble policy uniquely corresponds to a preset function, andwherein one ensemble policy is used for assigning a weight to a presetfunction that uniquely corresponds to the ensemble policy comprises:objects with weights assigned are M_(n) algorithms, wherein the M_(n)algorithms are used for separately and independently implementing thepreset function that uniquely corresponds to the ensemble policy; andeach ensemble policy comprises M_(n) ensemble calculation weightingcoefficients, wherein the M_(n) ensemble calculation weightingcoefficients are used for respectively assigning the weights to theM_(n) algorithms, wherein M_(n) is a positive integer greater than orequal to 2, wherein 1≤n≤N, and wherein n is used for indicating serialnumbers of different ensemble policies.
 19. A system control method,wherein the method comprises: receiving an ensemble policy, wherein theensemble policy comprises H ensemble calculation weighting coefficients,and wherein H is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2;receiving N calculation outputs, wherein the N calculation outputs are Ncalculation result outputs that respectively correspond one-to-one to Npreset functions; performing an ensemble calculation according to the Ncalculation outputs and the ensemble policy to obtain an ensemblecontrol output; and sending the ensemble control output, wherein theensemble control output is used for generating a control signal, andwherein the control signal is used for performing system control. 20.The method according to claim 19, wherein the H ensemble calculationweighting coefficients are used for respectively assigning weights to Halgorithms, and wherein the H algorithms are used for separately andindependently performing calculations to obtain the ensemble controloutput; and wherein the performing an ensemble calculation according tothe N calculation outputs and the ensemble policy to obtain an ensemblecontrol output comprises: performing calculations on the N calculationoutputs respectively according to the H algorithms to obtain H controloutputs; and performing a weighted ensemble calculation on the H controloutputs according to the H ensemble calculation weighting coefficientscomprised in the ensemble policy to obtain the ensemble control output.21. The method according to claim 19, wherein the method furthercomprises: feeding back a control effect obtained according to controlof the control signal, wherein the control effect is measured accordingto a deviation between an expected control result and an actual controlresult of a control system, wherein the control effect is used for beingconverted into fitness of a chromosome, wherein the fitness is used forindicating a probability that an evolution operation is performed on thechromosome, and wherein the evolution operation comprises geneticreproduction or genetic crossover.
 22. A system control method, appliedto a control system comprising a receiver, a genetic evolution module, acontrol decision ensemble module, N function modules, a controller, anda controlled object, wherein the method comprises: receiving, by acontrol decision ensemble module, an ensemble policy that correspondsone-to-one to the control decision ensemble module; receiving, by thecontrol decision ensemble module, N calculation outputs sent by Nfunction modules in the control system; performing an ensemblecalculation according to the N calculation outputs and the ensemblepolicy that corresponds one-to-one to the control decision ensemblemodule to obtain an ensemble control output; and sending the ensemblecontrol output, wherein the a controller in the control system generatesa control signal according to the ensemble control output, wherein thecontrol signal is used for controlling the controlled object in thecontrol system.
 23. A control apparatus, wherein the control apparatuscomprises a genetic evolution module, and wherein the genetic evolutionmodule is configured to: randomly select a chromosome from an evolutionpool according to a received control task, wherein the chromosomecomprises (N+1) gene fragments, each gene fragment uniquely correspondsto an ensemble policy, each ensemble policy uniquely corresponds to apreset function, one ensemble policy is used for assigning a weight to apreset function that uniquely corresponds to the ensemble policy, theevolution pool maintains two or more chromosomes, and N is a positiveinteger greater than or equal to 1; decode the chromosome to obtain(N+1) ensemble policies; and send the (N+1) ensemble policies.
 24. Theapparatus according to claim 23, wherein that each gene fragmentuniquely corresponds to an ensemble policy, wherein that each ensemblepolicy uniquely corresponds to a preset function, and wherein that oneensemble policy is used for assigning a weight to a preset function thatuniquely corresponds to the ensemble policy comprises: objects withweights assigned are M_(n) algorithms, wherein the M_(n) algorithms areused for separately and independently implementing the preset functionthat uniquely corresponds to the ensemble policy; and each ensemblepolicy comprises M_(n) ensemble calculation weighting coefficients,wherein the M_(n) ensemble calculation weighting coefficients are usedfor respectively assigning the weights to the M_(n) algorithms, whereinM_(n) is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2, wherein 1≤n≤N,and wherein n is used for indicating serial numbers of differentensemble policies.
 25. A system control apparatus, wherein the apparatuscomprises a control decision ensemble module, and wherein the controldecision ensemble module is configured to: receive an ensemble policy,wherein the ensemble policy comprises H ensemble calculation weightingcoefficients, and wherein H is a positive integer greater than or equalto 2; receive N calculation outputs, wherein the N calculation outputsare N calculation result outputs that respectively correspond one-to-oneto N preset functions; perform an ensemble calculation according to theN calculation outputs and the ensemble policy to obtain an ensemblecontrol output; and send the ensemble control output, wherein theensemble control output is used for generating a control signal, andwherein the control signal is used for performing system control. 26.The apparatus according to claim 25, wherein the control decisionensemble module is configured to: separately assign weights to Halgorithms according to the H ensemble calculation weightingcoefficients, wherein the H algorithms are used for separately andindependently performing calculations to obtain the ensemble controloutput; perform calculations on the N calculation outputs respectivelyaccording to the H algorithms to obtain H control outputs; and perform aweighted ensemble calculation on the H control outputs according to theH ensemble calculation weighting coefficients comprised in the ensemblepolicy to obtain the ensemble control output.
 27. The apparatusaccording to claim 25, wherein the control decision ensemble module isfurther configured to: feed back a control effect that is obtainedaccording to control of the control signal, wherein the control effectis measured according to a deviation between an expected control resultand an actual control result of a control system, wherein the controleffect is used for being converted into fitness of a chromosome, whereinthe fitness is used for indicating a probability that an evolutionoperation is performed on the chromosome, and wherein the evolutionoperation comprises genetic reproduction or genetic crossover.